Yup! The same with trying them all out on nights/weekends too while you *are* still working. Doesn’t effect your finances if you fail, but if you win it can supercharge things and/or even give you a fresh new career!

It’s something I still struggle with — I’m terrified of taking risks. It’s partially why I’m so interested in early retirement, as it could enable a lot of big, consequence-free fails. Etsy store not enough to pay for living expenses? Doesn’t matter! Book never sells? You can still eat!

Amen to that! I love the challenges and courses other bloggers come out with. We need as much help and motivation as we can get in this country :)

I calculated my true hourly wage (also taking commuting costs/time, training costs/time, etc. into account). After that, I’ve written down and calculated how many hours I need to work for those things in my life that are personally not important to me. This really helped me a lot.

If you want to buy an item that is not totally worth it, but you have to work 20 hours or more to get it; you think about it twice. You also see how much this could help on the big goals of your life; for me, this is early retirement or financial freedom.

Great ideas!!

I like it :)

As a coin collector, I salute your gift giving :)

The only item I refuse to give up in the kitchen is our apple slicer thingie with those same wires like you’re talking about with the eggs. Makes the process of chopping up apples sooo easy! :)