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Peanut · 04-08-2015, 11:46 AM

I really like his website. Besides all the "oh, lucky in real estate" and "oh, his website makes 6 figures" (now), the big thing to me is his family of 3 lives on $25k a year. I read his 2014 spending summary and the whole family used 2 tanks of gas. For the YEAR.

He also spends only $75/week on groceries for the whole family. Which I was amazed by. But then I read one of his posts describing how he takes shots of straight olive oil on hikes because olive oil is such a cheap protein source. That's straight up disgusting. I want to be retired but not so intensely that I'm drinking olive oil for cheap nutrition. I think there's a good balance somewhere between saving aggressively and still living your life while you're working. It seems he gets a lot of enjoyment out of being extremely frugal. So for him, it works. I think I would be unhappy being *that* frugal but I could definitely be more frugal than I have been in the past.

He's just preaching basically extreme fiscal discipline so that you can have the freedom of time in your life, free from mortgages and salaries and long workdays. I like his blog a lot.

04-08-2015, 11:46 AM	#28
Peanut First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fantasy Island Exp:	I really like his website. Besides all the "oh, lucky in real estate" and "oh, his website makes 6 figures" (now), the big thing to me is his family of 3 lives on $25k a year. I read his 2014 spending summary and the whole family used 2 tanks of gas. For the YEAR. He also spends only $75/week on groceries for the whole family. Which I was amazed by. But then I read one of his posts describing how he takes shots of straight olive oil on hikes because olive oil is such a cheap protein source. That's straight up disgusting. I want to be retired but not so intensely that I'm drinking olive oil for cheap nutrition. I think there's a good balance somewhere between saving aggressively and still living your life while you're working. It seems he gets a lot of enjoyment out of being extremely frugal. So for him, it works. I think I would be unhappy being that frugal but I could definitely be more frugal than I have been in the past. He's just preaching basically extreme fiscal discipline so that you can have the freedom of time in your life, free from mortgages and salaries and long workdays. I like his blog a lot. __________________ comfortably numb Last edited by Peanut; 04-08-2015 at 11:48 AM.