Comments on: Become a Mad Scientist w/ Your $$$

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 18 Oct 2015 18:38:56 +0000

Great article, you gotta experiment and measure/document the results, otherwise you’ll never know 100% what was working and what wasn’t.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:33:06 +0000

In reply to Kurt.

Hah – love it!

I bet you get some emails asking you about that too yeah? And probably saying something like they wish they could do it too? I would if I saw it but you never email me (boooo) :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:32:01 +0000

In reply to Sarah Noelle.

YAYYYY!! Great experiment you’re trying over there – I love it! Please let me know how it went at the end, or if there’s even an end! :) Doing a no-spend month years ago was one of the best things I did for my wallet as well. Couldn’t spend anything outside of bills and it’s since saved me at least $200/mo as it completely changed my mentality. I wish the same for you!

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:52:09 +0000

I love the ‘check email once a day’ message. Coincidentally, here’s what’s at the bottom of every email I send: “To help me single-task effectively and preserve space for offline life, I download email two or fewer times per day. Please phone or Skype me for urgent matters. Thanks!” I have been amazed how liberating this has been for me. Feels like every day has an extra hour or two of productivity. Though I admit sometimes checking email more often is tough to resist! :)

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:43:15 +0000

In reply to J. Money. Seriously! I want to hear more about Sam's early retirement, too.

By: Sarah Noelle

Sarah Noelle — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:53:09 +0000

This is great! It’s really interesting to think about how a tentative “experiment” can become a true habit. I’m actually doing an experiment right now for the month of October, where I’m committed to buying zero restaurant food and zero takeout food. And while I *say* that I’m doing it just as a temporary challenge, I’m certainly hoping that some of it will rub off beyond October. I’ve actually already been forced to develop some small habits during the first week of the challenge that I didn’t have before, like thinking ahead about what I’m going to have for dinner, heading to the supermarket a couple evenings a week, and walking by the 50 delicious takeout places on my route home without stopping at any of them!
I love how you talk about growth, too — it’s important to have the attitude (in life in general) that there’s always room for growth, rather than trying to fool ourselves into thinking that we already have everything pretty much figured out.
Thanks for posting!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:19:35 +0000

In reply to Cristalle.

I just email a new person a day :) (well, usually just work days, but sometimes weekends too). it’s weird at first but once you get into the habit it’s pretty easy. And since you’re only writing a sentence or two it doesn’t take up much time either – though you do spend some sometimes finding *who* to email. give it a shot for a week and see what happens!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:17:43 +0000

In reply to Sam.

holy damn! you figured it out early!! Would you like to write up an article on it possibly for my audience? how you got to this level, what your expenses/income looks like/etc?

I started an early retirement series but only got one out the door, haha…

https://eliteedgemoney.com/2015/02/early-retirement-series-jeremy-go-curry-cracker/

never seen anyone figure it out in their teens!!

By: Cristalle

Cristalle — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:55:24 +0000

Wow, very cool! I would like to hear more about your “email one new person a day” experience. I can’t recall you writing about that but it sounds very interesting!

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:44:42 +0000

In reply to Sam. *retirement: Working less than 10 hours a week and getting enough passive income from multiple businesses so I no longer have to work in the corporate world.