Stepping up a level from MMM to ERE forums finally
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:15 am
Through reading some of the forums the last several years and then really digging into them the last year it was finally the time to create my own account here on ERE. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ERE website since 2013 and bought Jacobs book in 2014 reading it twice while I consumed everything Financial Independence, Minimalism, Simple Living and Early Retirement. I of course went hard on the FIRE path religiously reading MMM content until he stopped producing new and helpful content relevant to FIRE journey as it was more post RE life. Through that time I of course would pop back to ERE and read the rotating previously published posts as they are such good evergreen content.
I signed up for the MMM forums in 2013, locked in with a tight group of friends in the journals section and even created my own massive thread that spanned 5 years. I finally left work in 2017 and since then have enjoyed getting paid for outdoor adventures by spending time on my hobbies and fun that turned into a very mellow small income stream. The past 4 years have been a wonderful journey of decompressing, seeking solitude at times and then battling ego, identity and then of course main stream consumption (FOMO).
As I strive to work up the Wheaton Level hierarchy I have found myself needed to move beyond the MMM level. I find that my ecological impact our lifestyles, consumption and footprint is too important to not acknowledge and that what we think is very little money is in fact so much. We can live an amazing life with less money, less things and of course a lot lighter on the planet. Naturally this means moving up to ERE levels and in the future beyond.
That brings me to this post here on introduce yourself, so hello everyone. (on a side note I think an extra little bump to finally create an account was following @2Birds1Stones journal on MMM and then seeing he had one here as well) I am 47 as of this past month, the same month 4 years ago that I left the industry and career I had for 21 years to experience life in this thing called FIRE. My children are now both in their 20s and my wife supports mine(our) journey but still does LOVE her job (which she actually started only 1.5yrs ago) and works down the street a couple blocks from our house. We have a small "mom&pop" retail store and it generates a small amount of monthly income, we have full time staff and don't need to work there. Thanks to my wife working (I tell her she can leave anytime) , my occasionally tourism/outdoor based freelance income and the small stipend our business provides combined with slowly moving the needle to an ERE lifestyle and barely touch our investments the last 4 years.
Thanks for creating these forums Jacob and allowing us to get more intimate with the content beyond your book and the blog.
Cheers ~ Stasher
I signed up for the MMM forums in 2013, locked in with a tight group of friends in the journals section and even created my own massive thread that spanned 5 years. I finally left work in 2017 and since then have enjoyed getting paid for outdoor adventures by spending time on my hobbies and fun that turned into a very mellow small income stream. The past 4 years have been a wonderful journey of decompressing, seeking solitude at times and then battling ego, identity and then of course main stream consumption (FOMO).
As I strive to work up the Wheaton Level hierarchy I have found myself needed to move beyond the MMM level. I find that my ecological impact our lifestyles, consumption and footprint is too important to not acknowledge and that what we think is very little money is in fact so much. We can live an amazing life with less money, less things and of course a lot lighter on the planet. Naturally this means moving up to ERE levels and in the future beyond.
That brings me to this post here on introduce yourself, so hello everyone. (on a side note I think an extra little bump to finally create an account was following @2Birds1Stones journal on MMM and then seeing he had one here as well) I am 47 as of this past month, the same month 4 years ago that I left the industry and career I had for 21 years to experience life in this thing called FIRE. My children are now both in their 20s and my wife supports mine(our) journey but still does LOVE her job (which she actually started only 1.5yrs ago) and works down the street a couple blocks from our house. We have a small "mom&pop" retail store and it generates a small amount of monthly income, we have full time staff and don't need to work there. Thanks to my wife working (I tell her she can leave anytime) , my occasionally tourism/outdoor based freelance income and the small stipend our business provides combined with slowly moving the needle to an ERE lifestyle and barely touch our investments the last 4 years.
Thanks for creating these forums Jacob and allowing us to get more intimate with the content beyond your book and the blog.
Cheers ~ Stasher