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A review by beaste
Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence by Jacob Lund Fisker
4.0
I am an advocate for simple living so my values align well with Fisker's, and there were a lot of good reminders in this book. The guidance provided focuses more on ways to change one's thinking about things more than steps to early retirement. I really liked some of the simple suggestions like reconsidering "wants" and "needs" and realizing that most things are wants and that your lists should be things like "types of shelter". "House" is not a need, a place to sleep is.
Some of the reviews of this book discuss how ridiculous a few of the examples are, but I have to believe many of these are tongue-in-cheek. Inviting ten of your friends over in the winter to heat a room with body heat, or one if they are "vigorously exercising," has to be meant as an illustration of the concepts and perhaps to give the reader a chuckle as it did me. Although pitching a tent in the living room to reduce the amount of space you need to heat might actually come in handy during a power outage!
The book may be a little unnecessarily wordy and Fisker acknowledges this in the epilogue but it's still worth the read.
Some of the reviews of this book discuss how ridiculous a few of the examples are, but I have to believe many of these are tongue-in-cheek. Inviting ten of your friends over in the winter to heat a room with body heat, or one if they are "vigorously exercising," has to be meant as an illustration of the concepts and perhaps to give the reader a chuckle as it did me. Although pitching a tent in the living room to reduce the amount of space you need to heat might actually come in handy during a power outage!
The book may be a little unnecessarily wordy and Fisker acknowledges this in the epilogue but it's still worth the read.