Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus

retired at 33; former engineer and attorney; FIRE blogger; professional dilettante

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

Growing your wealth may require a bit of struggle and sacrifice at times. It might even be a grind!

You know what's even more of a grind?

Being poor forever.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@chasesfish @DadInvest the same plan went up over 150%?! Time to shop for a new plan lol

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@steveonomics @goooonnney Folks will say "saving $1k/mo is impossible" when they could really just do a combo of get a roommate, go out less, take the bus, and skip doordash.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@StIroningShirts @Blind__Luck I can only imagine the caliber or "consultant" they hired to tell them whatever they want to hear. Nice $460k pay day if you can get the grift flowing your way!

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

The answer seems to come down to how unbearable the crowds are at your Costco (Sams has app self-checkout), and how close the 2 warehouse stores are.

Otherwise they are similar enough (yeah Kirkland is best thing on earth etc etc etc). It's all just bulk commodity goods fellas

[Thefrugalgay🏘 @Thefrugalgay11]

Apparently the most controversial thing I did today was suggest Sam’s Club might be better than Costco.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@steveonomics @edmundbillings My Norway trip with careful planning would be $10k cash for 3 of us for a month. Probably $30k if I didn't travel hack and planned on dining out occasionally. And we're mainly just looking at rocks and trees and water in our compact rental car.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@steveonomics @edmundbillings 50k for a month is less of a joke today than 5-10 years ago. No longer as unreasonable. Throw in a few biz class tix for a family and hotel rates that might be $300-500/nt (and you need 2+ rooms for family if in Europe).

$12k on biz flights and 30 days at $1200/day?

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@bmonshor @StIroningShirts I will say the toilets in Europe have had a great track record for us in the 20+ airbnbs/hotels we've been in.

Kitchen sinks - not so much

Once we get Europe to install shower curtains, window screens, AC, dishwashers, clothes dryers, blinds/curtains, and fans, then we cookin!

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

Fun tales of folks escaping "politically scary" America for a "better life" in Europe. Then they realize the grass isn't always greener so they come on back.

https://t.co/TidCScH4Hd

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@jasonc_nc We can't even do math to figure out how much an 18% tip is and they want us to do real time price monitoring to make sure we don't get fleeced when buying a beer? While drunk?!

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@bmonshor @StIroningShirts Not sure why plumbing works so differently south of the equator... Water flows the opposite direction?

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@bmonshor @StIroningShirts Every time we travel, it's amazing how so many things just don't work. I think we spent the entire summer in South America in various Airbnbs where a toilet was always broken, leaking, or malfunctioning. Fortunately had 2+ bathrooms everywhere except 1 place. Bucket flush worked.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@bmonshor No, we're going to be traveling for majority of the next couple of months so we went ahead and put it up now so it'll be up while we are back home here and there before actual Christmas.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

It's never too early to decorate for Christmas!

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

New side hustle just dropped!

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

BREAKING: Trump has revealed his new anti-fraud program set up to reward people who expose fraud with a 1% commission on the money uncovered. "If you turn somebody in and you, let's say report and you find $1 billion, we are giving a commission to that person of 1%."

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

USB-C as a standard is a big pro-consumer big win.

I also like some California regs like including taxes and fees in online travel listings. Makes price discovery infinitely easier so the free market can operate better.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Have to give the EU regulators credit where it’s due for making all Apple products use USB-C

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@StIroningShirts Just found the comment saying "well, the quality of life where I lived in the coastal elite cities in USA isn't that great so Europe was actually an improvement!". They (literally and figuratively) skipped straight over the rest of the USA on their way to Europe.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@StIroningShirts The article talks about how all the interviewees almost universally faced hostile backlashes when they posted on reddit or social media about desiring to move back to the USA.

Folks are brainwashed. Europe is a great place to vacation or (maybe) live if you have plenty of $.

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

@StIroningShirts Hehe - reading the comments now. "Well akshully dishwashers and dryers AREN'T luxury items. In Europe we often don't choose to have one bc our kitchens/houses are smaller and dryers consume too much electricity which is expensive"

[Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus @RootofGoodBlog]

Forecast for the next week. *Almost* time to turn on the heat. Holding strong though!!