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Questions.  As a blogger, there’s always people asking questions about our story.  Most of the time the questions are simply people doubting our story is real.  Others simply jump to conclusions based upon what they see (or don’t see) in our monthly expense reports.

One question I’ve encountered multiple times is around the culture of gift giving…

Normally when electronic stuff breaks in our modern world, we simply throw it out and buy a new one. For most people, the idea of repairing electronics has gone the way of the dodo. Like the helpless consumers we are, we pony-up our money and buy new.

Electronics are cheap and plentiful (thanks to the China), and replacements are just a few clicks away. But I have one GIANT gripe with this situation — The quality of electronics goods has seriously declined over the past few decades, and most products are NOT repairable.

A couple weeks ago, I published a post that reviewed my first year of early retirement. Both the good and the bad parts of that first year. The article eventually got picked up by RockstarFinance (thanks J. Money!) and was my most popular post yet…