I recently read the ERE book and listened to Jacob on a couple of podcasts and I liked the very alternative approach. I'm active on a few personal finance/investing communities (with the same username in case anyone recognizes me) where FI(RE) is always a topic that comes up. I felt that most people had ridiculously high targets for their portfolios and that being FI with much less should be possible. ERE helped my mind get unstuck from its usual patterns, I liked the frugal and systems-based approach that's also environmentally friendly
I might start a journal just to hold myself accountable, but to give you an idea I'm probably hovering somewhere between WL 4 and WL 5 since seriously starting saving and investing almost 4 years ago. Savings rate is currently around 55% and my portfolio is at around 11 times my yearly expenses. I'm into gardening (most vegetables we eat with my girlfriend currently come directly from the garden, it's a good period) and I'm trying to learn new useful skills and to make a small income from some hobbies. Apart from some workshops I'm attending (paid, sorry
), I'm trying to build a small skills exchange network with friends and family. Last week I repaired a very worn-down mop using an old t-shirt I had laying around instead of buying a new one. It may sound a bit ridiculous, but I felt very accomplished 
I live in the Netherlands, but I'm not Dutch (and I don't really speak Dutch either
). I saw there's a meetup planned in August, if you accept newbies who also don't speak Dutch I might be interested to join Cheers