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Great work with your fitness progress. And - yeah, that sounds like a fantastic web-of-goals success with the exercising, games, and kid watching. Yeah there's even more web-of-goal stuff going on than I've journaled about so far. I wear a heart rate monitor while doing cardio and allow myself to e...

So is the idea to buy from the retailer (Rogue, in this case) when they complete a production run and need to free up inventory space? Because they can ship it directly to you, and thus turn their inventory almost immediately, they'll give you a discount? Rogue is stocking and shipping 100s of item...

Sure, I'll give you all the infos. The weight lifting equipment is all from Rogue -- https://www.roguefitness.com/ -- which fits my generic long term buying strategy of paying a little extra for quality, but not trying to get 100% top of the line either. I got the SML-1, ohio power bar, mil spec bum...

@c40 I think that's a good suggestion but I'd rather do the high intensity stuff with weights and try to push duration on the bike instead. My biggest project this month was building a home gym. Normally you'd just enter your credit card and be done, but here in 2020 it's actually quite involved. Gy...

Why is it a problem? Well it's not the end of the world, and in fact my wife is advocating that we just leave it. Here are some things I don't like about it though: - last year when we moved in it had 20% of the lawn, now it has 60%, probably it will have 100% without intervention - it's actually k...

The big news this month is I gave notice at my job. I have one week left, and then I'll be unemployed again! I'm glad I pulled this trigger: life is short, the job was mediocre overall, I don’t need the money, I have lots of other good options for my time, and I want to live my life deliberately and...

I know people are enjoying the "is this likely" topic, but I want to go back to the thought experiment: "Monday I have enough cash for 10 beers. Friday it'll buy only 1 beer. It's Monday. What do?" On Monday we should convert all cash into the reduction or elimination of expenses...

My development in this area is kinda stunted by how disproportionately lucrative my specialized skill is, but I'll contribute where I can. First of all, even better than getting dollars for the job would be directly solving a need or want. For example, house sitting where you get free home/internet/...

You guys have given me a lot to chew on, and I haven't been able to process most of it yet. Still, I'm going to try to stick to monthly updates again, so here's what I've got. == Money == I created a few spreadsheets this month: net worth, rough expenses, and an analysis of how FI I'll be after the ...

I’ll have more to say later but for now between the epic thread jacob linked and the responses in my journal let me just say this: I’ve missed you guys!

@theanimal WFH helps for sure. I've never been drawn to martial arts, but I could see it as something to try later. @C40 It's a good list. I'll probably tackle it slowly, starting with home gym. (Not interested in easy button solution though.) I do notice that many of these life energy giving activi...

Wow, you have charts spanning 2011 to 2019, this is awesome! I'm taking this as inspiration for getting back into the game with my own journal.

Hi friends, Gosh, it's been a while, huh? Every time I come back after a long hiatus I have this feeling in the pit of my stomach that the forums are gonna be gone or dead, and it'll serve me right for not contributing anything to them for the past two years... but then here they are! Thanks everyon...

For me, the worst part of birthdays is the forced superficial interaction of the "Happy Birthday!" text. These texts create two obligations on me: 1) I'm supposed to reply "Thanks!" 2) I'm supposed to remember their birthday and text "Happy Birthday!" to them in the fut...

When I optimized for quiet, I found combo earplug/headphones most effective, like this: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31otnHnl0jL._AC_US218_.jpg However, I found this style worked so well that it created a new type of problem, which is that people at work would be talking to me di...

Personally I would leave. You have too much power as a competent engineer to need to stay in a mediocre situation. Plus if you have the energy for it, learning the ropes at a new job is fun and builds your resume. Are you absolutely certain, however, that there are zero comparable jobs in or near yo...

Well the big news is that we have a healthy and terrific 4 month old son. Becoming a parent has been a tough adjustment, and I plan to write more about that later. The other big news is that I quit the startup right before he was born, although I guess the writing for that was already on the wall in...

Hey guys, Sorry for the long hiatus. When I began my ERE journey I put almost 100% of myself into it, ignoring nearly every other previous interest or hobby (aside from my partner and friends) to free up more life energy for ERE. This meant I made quick progress on ERE, but there was a hidden price ...

Well I don't mean to derail this thread, but since I got quoted in the original post, let me try to clarify my stance a bit: for me consuming alcohol is about the same as smashing my head against the wall. So I think the OP in the alcohol thread is asking: How do I go from 10 head-smashes a week to ...

what has akratic tried? early morning sun therapy? evening dark therapy? melatonin? diets? sounds like an easy $100k :D Haha, akratic likes brute's style. :) Here is the core sleep problem: if my brain gets going in the middle of the night it cannot be stopped. It'd be like trying to fall asleep wh...