I've probably turned jacob off of preppers as a primary source of converts. I don't think I'm a good advertisement for prepping.
What to do when FI
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But you self-identity as a slow-doomer, which is most likely one the most pubescently cool-sounding self-references I've ever come across!jennypenny wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:36 pmI've probably turned jacob off of preppers as a primary source of converts. I don't think I'm a good advertisement for prepping.
Swings and roundabouts. What you lost with Jacob you gained with me.
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Haha, then you'd love some of the recipe names in my slow doom cookbook.
Prepping does have a number of associated hobbies that can be a lot of fun post-ERE. And the preppers who aren't just sitting in a chair on their lawn with a shot gun waiting for the apocalypse are fun to hang out with too.
Prepping does have a number of associated hobbies that can be a lot of fun post-ERE. And the preppers who aren't just sitting in a chair on their lawn with a shot gun waiting for the apocalypse are fun to hang out with too.
Re: What to do when FI
Dumpster diving and squatting is acknowledging how much is wasted and then to live on what other people waste.
Ere, is about acknowledging ones waste.
Its different, but it all revolves about dealing with the wastefullness of a normal lifestyle.
I nearly only get positive reactions about my EREing, and none of my friends are academics or trader, and only one is actively interested in permaculture.
Actually, I lost a childhood friend, who works as a trader, because of a talk with him about ERE.
Ere, is about acknowledging ones waste.
Its different, but it all revolves about dealing with the wastefullness of a normal lifestyle.
I nearly only get positive reactions about my EREing, and none of my friends are academics or trader, and only one is actively interested in permaculture.
Actually, I lost a childhood friend, who works as a trader, because of a talk with him about ERE.
Re: What to do when FI
SO doesn't wan't kids now. She doesn't know yet that she wants them. I'm pretty sure she'll wan't them.
That's good because it gives me time to go earn more money to build an other appartment in the house, which will provide the extra income needed for my kids. Which will leave me all the time I need do spend with them.
Even if I don't end up having kid with this woman, whe provided me the confidence that I can attract someone like her and that having kid is possible for me. I was really unconfident about it before. I really increased my motivation to look for money.
That's good because it gives me time to go earn more money to build an other appartment in the house, which will provide the extra income needed for my kids. Which will leave me all the time I need do spend with them.
Even if I don't end up having kid with this woman, whe provided me the confidence that I can attract someone like her and that having kid is possible for me. I was really unconfident about it before. I really increased my motivation to look for money.
Re: What to do when FI
Leave (temporarily) your (golden) cage.
Buy a small second hand motorboat (or a cheap undeep sailing boat and remove mast) and cruise the canals of France, Belgium and the Netherlands for some months. You are immediately in another world with another feeling of time, you travel with a speed of about 4 to 5 knots per hour, you cook your own food, you will find places where you can anchor for free. Do it for the rest of this year or for 3 months. And see what happens with you. (It does not cost much, and you learn it by doing/copying, start in the Netherlands where the infrastucture of 1100 canals with a total length of 6500 kilometer, is free to use).
Buy a small second hand motorboat (or a cheap undeep sailing boat and remove mast) and cruise the canals of France, Belgium and the Netherlands for some months. You are immediately in another world with another feeling of time, you travel with a speed of about 4 to 5 knots per hour, you cook your own food, you will find places where you can anchor for free. Do it for the rest of this year or for 3 months. And see what happens with you. (It does not cost much, and you learn it by doing/copying, start in the Netherlands where the infrastucture of 1100 canals with a total length of 6500 kilometer, is free to use).
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Re: What to do when FI
Find a philosophy of life and try to live accordingly. The stoics started the search 2000 years ago. You might be able to improve their ideas.
A good starting point for me in today's language was the book "A Guide To The Good Life: The Ancient Art Of Stoic Joy".
A good starting point for me in today's language was the book "A Guide To The Good Life: The Ancient Art Of Stoic Joy".