I was originally going to use “Winter heating” for the title of this post, but then I realized that, perhaps like many other things, this misses the main point. At its essence, the problem is...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/keeping-warm-during-winter.html
The Million Dollar Journey had an article on building a home gym that consisted of a power rack with a bench and barbell and a treadmill. While I am positively convinced that treadmills are usele...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-inexpensive-home-gym-part-1.html
First a note on safety! When ordinary people starts telling me that what I’m doing looks “unsafe”, I just know that I am doing the right thing 😎 . Forsooth, something is only unsafe if y...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-inexpensive-home-gym-part-2.html
The title of this post is “Fit Dad Fat Dad” partially in honor of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and partially to stir up some controversy in the same way that RDPD does. RDPD has a fairly poor reputatio...
I’m 3738 now. This is the age where the cumulative effects of good and bad living are beginning to show. When I look at the people I went to school with, some of the “health nuts” still loo...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/food-health-and-long-and-short-term-costs.html
I’m making pancakes while blogging, so I figured I might as well blog about making pancakes. Now I understand it is possible to buy some kind of mix or powder, but I don’t even want to go the...
There are two different ways to achieve comfort. Comfort is one, if not the prime value of utility or satisfaction, and so it is wise to study ways to achieve this comfort. The first way is exter...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/two-different-roads-to-comfort.html
I submit that intrinsic motivation is hugely important for a successful early retirement. If you have somehow lost your intrinsic motivation, retiring early may lead to a boring if not directly m...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/lack-of-intrinsic-motivation.html
In the summer of 2003 I lived in Switzerland during one of the hottest months on record. In Europe a total of 35,000 people, mostly elderly, died due to the heat. The heat wave lasted about 3 wee...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/dealing-with-heat-waves-on-a-budge.html
I discovered the simple living network thanks to a blog by Fred Ecks(*). As far as I have been able to understand he decided to quit his job as a programmer at age 35 and adopt a simple lifestyle...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/programmers-ultra-marathons-and-voluntary-simplicity.html
There are certain physiological changes that can be demotivating to starting on an exercising program. These changes take place within the first 1-2 months which is about the time most are willin...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/i-just-started-an-exercise-program-what-should-i-expect.html
This will be my last post on this problem for a while. I promise. I just wanted to explain the reason for being all butthurt in the previous couple of posts and flying the introvert pride banner ...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/etroverts-and-introverts-the-great-dichotomy.html
Okay, so here’s a little known fact about me. I used to be a competitive swimmer. Not exactly Mr Phelps et al., but I did spend 9 hours a week training in the water, I did smell of chlorine at ...
CurrentlyOnce upon a time a little windy drizzlemajor storm iswas moving a few leaveswrecking havoc on the bay area. Alright, I haven’t checked out the entire bay area, but in my opinion around...
One possible way of spending retirement is to enroll in marathons, ironmen (or is that ironmans?), ultracycling, etc. all over the country or planet depending on ambition. Last SundayA couple of ...
The kettlebell has been accredited with increasing the weight of underweight people and decreasing the weight of overweight people. This suggests that there is a right weight. For all around huma...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/attaining-the-right-weight.html
This is an easy to cook dish which tastes great because it contains bacon (well, duh!). Obviously, it should not be repeated too often because it contains bacon (well, duh!). You need: Rice (stri...
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I have noticed that there are some things which I do without really being aware that it is not normal not to have these advantages—kinda like presuming that everybody knows the multiplication ...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/physiological-advantages.html
… continuing the discussion on heat. In California, January 2009 was the driest month in modern history further proving the case that global warming is happening now(*). January is generally th...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/food-and-water-supply.html
If you’re fit and you have a lawn you have been unable to get rid off(*), you absolute should own a push reel mower and use it for cross-training. (*) If you must have a lawn because of the hom...
https://earlyretirementextreme.com/using-evil-lawns-for-crosstraining.html