(Part 2) Best products from r/leanfire

/r/mead is a wonderful resource, as is The Compleat Meadmaker. http://www.amazon.com/The-Compleat-Meadmaker-Production-Award-winning/dp/0937381802

From there, it's logging your recipes and patience. The sidebar in /r/mead has tons of fantastic information and the community is generally very nice.

Yup I have all my accounts with personal capital and that’s what gives me more motivation to keep going, the reason why I am also doing in a notebook is to make it easier and make sense out of it for my wife so that she makes sure not to cross a budget and be on the lookout, the following format just to reach wife with finances because she isn’t doing very well. I’m more of a saver and she’s more of a spender.

https://www.amazon.com/Budgeting-Planner-2019-Organizer-Financial/dp/1720753075/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?keywords=budget+management+notebook+2019&qid=1570671806&sr=8-15

Each month, my spending is limited to $2,500 (including rent, utilities, etc). I give myself that in the budget and can allocate it however I want (YNAB FTW) but that's it. All other money goes into savings/investing, so when I get extra income from a side hustle or whatever, I don't change my spending.

In a moment of recklessness, I bought myself this wonderful foot massager (though I have no clue why it's under review from Amazon... I ordered it Tuesday and it just arrived today... weird). It wiped out most of my remaining budget for the month and I now have a whole $29 for the rest of the month. I think it will be a fun challenge to see if I can get by on that for 9 days. I'm stocked up on my food and have a ton of schoolwork to do, so I should be spending most evenings at home with computer and Netflix.

You seemed interested in some replies to the idea of entrepreneurial pursuits. Tim Ferriss wrote https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Expanded-Updated-Cutting-Edge-ebook/dp/B002WE46UW which goes into a lot of detail for at least some start-up companies including how to outsource a lot of the work (without doing this you can easily get stuck working 80+ hours a week instead of your current 40 hours).

I do not plan to do anything like this, however I enjoyed reading the book and there was a lot of interesting information in it.

You'll have to re-balance occasionally to keep your 3 fund at the percentages you want. Do yourself a favor and make your first purchase from the windfall. Buy this book, now.

Bogleheads' Guide to Investing is a great entry level read and goes into almost everything someone in your position needs to tackle and will be faced with. I've been investing for 15 years and still go back to that book regularly.

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>One thing I did read about that seems to be a little less understood/known is that your home state might still continue to try to tax you.

How is that possible if you're not living or working there? But yeah, opening a P.O. Box "residence" in some no tax state would be a wise precaution. I'll definitely do it because I have zero intentions of paying my home state tax on Roth laddering. Thanks for that warning.

I've been reading the following books:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Retire-Overseas-Everything-Abroad/dp/0525538461/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=peddicord&qid=1566915295&s=gateway&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072ST7M1J/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

https://www.amazon.com/How-Buy-Real-Estate-Overseas/dp/1118518594/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

Alternatively, you could get this and a vespa.

In all seriousness though, you can haul 1-2 kayaks on top of a car pretty easily.

This book is a great read on finding the appropriate career change, at any point of your life. Also, learning a bit about yourself and generally clarifying what you want. https://www.amazon.com/YouMap-Yourself-Blaze-Path-World-ebook/dp/B07GWVMGRV

They are delicious. You can buy the same ones they have on the planes on Amazon here: https://smile.amazon.com/Daelmans-Stroopwafels-Wafers-Hexa-Ounce/dp/B01ITYGFHA/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1538143139&sr=8-1&keywords=strupwaffel

Look up cohousing. Especially ones that remodeled existing structures (like N Street Cohousing) rather than building new. Creating Cohousing is a great book to read on it-my local library has a copy, but it's on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Cohousing-Building-Sustainable-Communities/dp/0865716722

There's a good book that just came out about this, discussing the good and bad of nomadic RV ultra-lean part-time jobs like camperforce: Nomadland, by Jess Bruder.

Do you like to read? Your story reminds me of some stuff from "How Bad Do You Want It?" and "Endure" - both great books.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1937715418/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_ns2pDbGKVMJXZ

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062499866/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_0s2pDbPW4EN5R

Sure. There's a bit of a story arc where I came to my senses first, then discovered I wanted to unfuck my life, and leanfire principles is a part of that.

The one that started it all was The Art of Happiness. I was miserable and herein the Dali Lama shocked my life with his assertion that the goal of your life is to be happy. I had a mindset that I had to suffer in order to be worthy of good things in life.

Then, if I recall correctly were non buddhist books, but in the realm getting your head straight:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life: I saw this man's TED talk.

& How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything

These two go great together to discover that its all in your head and you can change that. I had a terrible inner dialogue and was able to be rid of it. Life Changer!

The I think I read The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety probably 10 times over the last 4-5 years & listened to the audio book when falling asleep. This one really underlined how miserable we make ourselves striving for security that isn't to be had. There is wisdom here that constantly reveals itself long after having read it.

The Pema Chodron Audio Collection was a constant go to also.

My most recent listening are lectures by Ajahn Brahm of Buddhist Society of Western Australia - These lectures really turned me around to moving past the pain, fear & worry about changing my life.

\^\^ I really like listening to these while falling asleep or with a nap on the couch on Sat/Sun afternoons.

Some other notables:

Fuck It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way : Saying Fuck It when you're miserable due to expectations and attachments has a real emotional response vs the above which can be very cerebral.

Man's Search for Meaning: Sometimes it's hard to grateful when wrapped up in our own lives. I read this once a year as a refresher. When I'm being ungrateful I try to remember what others have put up with and it calms down my complaining mind.

The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy : more from Ajahn Brahm - There is a better way to live our lives and not be miserable. Simplicity and lean fire go really well together.

More minimalism than buddhism, but they jive well together:

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism

Above all I feel these are all about snapping out of the nonsense mindsets & habits many of us have.

Good luck.