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To me it seems like an oscillation between Mind (reflecting, planning, analyzing, building models) and Being (presence, savoring, spontaneity, awe) is the desirable whole enchilada. Mastering Mind for it’s own sake (it is as much part of Nature/The Universe you know) and to allow Being to wallow in ...

I don’t think the risks are similar. See https://www.theguardian.com/science/sifting-the-evidence/2015/oct/26/meat-and-tobacco-the-difference-between-risk-and-strength-of-evidence If you look at the health impact of a modern Western diet and lifestyle in its entirety (obesity, diabetes etc) I’d say ...

It’s a good exercise to reflect on what changes the last few years have brought. At first I felt a tinge of guilt for having stagnated in several areas, but when I recall my lived experience it is obvious that a lot has changed and almost all of it for the better. I’ve gotten married and become a fa...

Even for a normie professional, I’d say at least the aspiration is to have a hobby outside of work where there is skill involved beyond purchasing power and comparison shopping. Golf, tennis, gardening, running, cooking etc. Something to mention at your retirement party or in a profile on the compan...

Regarding the nordics, least in Sweden, I’d say that politics today mainly revolve around managing Green/postmodern excesses, be it concerning immigration/integration, multiculturalism, energy, rule of law, defense, education or administrative efficiency. There are other issues of course but to a co...

I’ve felt for a long time that my thoughts concerning money were sort of running in place without much results to show for all the energy spent. I guess I gave up in a way and moved on to other things, but that change in my mental landscape did not really alter my spending much. For good and bad, I ...

A bit more meat on trend following: http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2 ... ngaverage/

He’s a really interesting guy, a lot of examples of a post-consumer mindset. See thread about his blog Granola Shotgun with some more discussions and links: https://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/viewtopic.php?t=9251 There are two other videos about him by Kirsten, links on page 3 of the thread ab...

New video showing his SF apartment: https://youtu.be/WBqdtmIskGQ

Also the blog is now at granolashotgun.com

I’ve mainly been focused on my inner journey so far this year. Over the past couple of years I’ve made progress identifying my values and goals, and also realigned my actions with them to a some extent. By now, the biggest hurdle in my way is my lacking emotional maturity and self-mastery. At its co...

I’ve read it before, but what resonated with me this time was the description of the inner journey and the pitfalls of “motivation”. To live free, one must always forge ones own path. This dimension is something I’ve been putting most of my efforts into recently.

Nice resource! Seems like a decent approximation of my own diet.

Made me think of this page on the wiki: https://wiki.earlyretirementextreme.com ... _and_sales

The Stoa presentations are also worth mentioning. Free of jargon (about Wheaton Levels etc) but still describing the framework. Might be easier to grasp for people starting out, and help those of us that find themselves lost in the map then and again ;) https://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com/viewt...

Do you really understand ERE?

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Here’s a breakdown of our spending on stuff: Total 7140 Baby 1400 (car seat, travel bed, safety gates, misc) Books 114 Electronics/appliances 1728 (TV, freezer, wifi-extender, wifi-speaker*) Home 1106 (storage containers, boxes for moving, misc home maintenance) Decoration 288 (part of it to spruce ...

Here’s my attempt to wrap my head around the levels. Very much an attempt, all feedback is welcome. I don't know if this adds value to the discussion but it was a good exercise for me personally. Hopefully it will aid someone else as wall, even if only because my misconceptions are dragged into the ...

My focus has gradually shifted from practical economical matters towards improving my mental processes and emotional wisdom. Even though there has been a fair bit of practicalities to attend to this year, my main focus has rested elsewhere, as it should. My quest has been to engage with the world (i...

@Blackjack: I can’t claim much insight beyond ”the internet” and talking to a few producers when making purchases. There seems to be niches where you can net something on the order of your 30k number, granted with a lot of hard work and risk and after acquiring a lot of skills. I guess what I wanted...

There seems to be quite a few people making a decent living off of permaculture/urban farming/regenerative agriculture (from sales of produce, not ebooks/training/courses). The key seems to be managing sales well (CSA:s, reko rings, farmers markets, sales to restaurants), focusing on profitable prod...

JMG (and I’m sure others) have made the argument that hunting and agriculture started out as weed-like pioneer strategies (kill everything in sight, slash and burn agriculture) and gradually evolved towards more sustainable practices (stewardship of the land, crop rotation). He sees industrial civil...