Another Guy who Opted For Early Retirement
-
- Posts: 461
- Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:25 pm
-
- Posts: 461
- Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:25 pm
I uploaded it for you: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B- ... y=CPjXy-wM
It was written in the 70s by a teenager, went out of print, the author was found, and the book was republished in 2010. Dolly and her dad lived in a house (paid off), raised their own food (vegetables + animals), and lived on less than $2000/year.
The subtitle is "How to live well without a job and (almost) no money."
Possum living differs from ERE because ERE focuses on accumulating assets to live off, while Dolly and her dad just did odd jobs (babysitting, dogwalking, etc)) to make their $2k, more of a earn-as-you-go thing.
It was written in the 70s by a teenager, went out of print, the author was found, and the book was republished in 2010. Dolly and her dad lived in a house (paid off), raised their own food (vegetables + animals), and lived on less than $2000/year.
The subtitle is "How to live well without a job and (almost) no money."
Possum living differs from ERE because ERE focuses on accumulating assets to live off, while Dolly and her dad just did odd jobs (babysitting, dogwalking, etc)) to make their $2k, more of a earn-as-you-go thing.
-
- Posts: 19
- Joined: Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:03 am
-
- Posts: 45
- Joined: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:29 pm
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 52
- Joined: Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:55 pm
- Contact:
I definitely lean more towards Possum Living than ERE. I think my ideal situation would be to have a house paid off in a low-property-tax town ($300-500ish a year), have about 10k in savings (about a 3.5 year emergency fund) and show up for some type of minimum-wage job once a week or so. Also, if things work out I'll end up around some of the best walleye/northern fishing in the Midwest which would halve my food bill while dramatically increase the quality of my meals.
-
- Posts: 461
- Joined: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:25 pm
@AlexOliver
I don't think any polls have been done.
When I was reading the comments following that article -there was a section about finding a partner who would be okay with his lifestyle. The comments implied that this female will be a hippy and probably not shave. I just found the discussion strange but perhaps that is also because I'm female
I don't think any polls have been done.
When I was reading the comments following that article -there was a section about finding a partner who would be okay with his lifestyle. The comments implied that this female will be a hippy and probably not shave. I just found the discussion strange but perhaps that is also because I'm female