Back on topic.
Hey, Az, once again you're scaring the rest of the class with your dire ER predictions. Kindly go to the archives and look up the poster formerly known as "Ted" before you start up on this topic again. Or is that you, Ted?!
Those of us who have ER'd are happy to pass along our skills to the next graduating class. And since it's a lot easier to lower your expenses than to raise your income, the "selection bias" will bring reductions to the fore. But it's not implying that we can't afford to live a fulfilling life. My balance comes from choosing to live a life of value, not materialism, and it gives me both a great challenge and great pleasure to avoid expenses so that I can use the money for other reasons. Frugality is my choice. Frankly your dilapidated houses could also be a personal choice of their owners-- how the heck do you know? While everyone could choose to spend more, a clean shiny house isn't everyone's top priority.
Healthcare & inflation always have been, and probably always will be, the biggest ER obstacles. Many of us go to considerable effort to point out how to adequately capitalize an ER budget, but the implementation is a personal, er, choice. Some of us have much higher pain thresholds than others and can sleep under just about any financial conditions. While that may make you uncomfortable, it doesn't mean that others shouldn't do it. Read about all the approaches and do what works for you. But while you're making your own choice, don't expect me to agree with you.
IMO you're inserting your opinions into other's posts. It's not that I don't care what other people think-- I do. (If for no other reason, I have to care in order to get them to comply with my wishes!) It's that I don't care what they think about how I "should" be living my life. I'm always happy to read about a better way to live, but I'll live my life in a way that gives me pleasure without harming others.
Ben's "What should I say" question implies that ER is somehow not acceptable to society. That's just as discriminatory as race, religion, gender, or nationality-- and I won't tell someone that they should try to hide.
Hey, Az, once again you're scaring the rest of the class with your dire ER predictions. Kindly go to the archives and look up the poster formerly known as "Ted" before you start up on this topic again. Or is that you, Ted?!
Those of us who have ER'd are happy to pass along our skills to the next graduating class. And since it's a lot easier to lower your expenses than to raise your income, the "selection bias" will bring reductions to the fore. But it's not implying that we can't afford to live a fulfilling life. My balance comes from choosing to live a life of value, not materialism, and it gives me both a great challenge and great pleasure to avoid expenses so that I can use the money for other reasons. Frugality is my choice. Frankly your dilapidated houses could also be a personal choice of their owners-- how the heck do you know? While everyone could choose to spend more, a clean shiny house isn't everyone's top priority.
Healthcare & inflation always have been, and probably always will be, the biggest ER obstacles. Many of us go to considerable effort to point out how to adequately capitalize an ER budget, but the implementation is a personal, er, choice. Some of us have much higher pain thresholds than others and can sleep under just about any financial conditions. While that may make you uncomfortable, it doesn't mean that others shouldn't do it. Read about all the approaches and do what works for you. But while you're making your own choice, don't expect me to agree with you.
IMO you're inserting your opinions into other's posts. It's not that I don't care what other people think-- I do. (If for no other reason, I have to care in order to get them to comply with my wishes!) It's that I don't care what they think about how I "should" be living my life. I'm always happy to read about a better way to live, but I'll live my life in a way that gives me pleasure without harming others.
Ben's "What should I say" question implies that ER is somehow not acceptable to society. That's just as discriminatory as race, religion, gender, or nationality-- and I won't tell someone that they should try to hide.
