In the summer of 2014, when I turned 41, I set myself the goal of retiring from paid-work by the age of 52. This blog charts my own strategy and progress, and explores different theories of financial independence and 'extreme early retirement'. It also provides the odd tip on how you might also retire early!
29 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Regal Peryton from the Earth Splinter... This is one of my favourite cards from the Chaos Legion set, with very high speed especially for the usually slow earth splinter, high healt...
22 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the DiemonShark from the Water Splinter... While heavy on the mana, with a relatively high cost of 8, this card has very decent shields and health, and decent speed, OK two damage and t...
17 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Djinn Apprentice from the Fire Splinter.... At level one this is a pretty decent card - 5 mana for 2 magic damage and 4 health which is OK, and the low speed doesn't matter so...
9 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the neutral magi of chaos This is a useful neutral card at Level 1, starting out with 2 magic damage and a decent high health, but relatively low speed and relatively high on the mana w...
3 Oct 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase anything from the Dragon Splinter so I opted for this new BEAST of a card... OK it is VERY heavy on the mana demand, but starting off with five damage, 6 shields and 11 health this is a...
26 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Life Sapper from the Death Splinter... This is an interesting card for three mana with one magic damage, two health and two speed, but also Life Leach which can offset the low healt...
11 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Mycelic SlipSpawn from the Earth Splinter... While high in mana at 9 points this is one of the most essential cards to have in your Earth Splinter Line up - with a massive 10 h...
29 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
There are still some decent yields to be had in several stable coin farms on several platforms on the Polygon Network. Polygon ranks 5th in terms of Total Value Locked on DEFi platforms, according to DefiLlama and ignoring Tron, the centralised scam...
21 Aug 2022 2 minute read 1 comment RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the neutral Venari SpellSmith This is an interesting low to mid mana card at level 1 because it starts with the dispel ability, and one magic damage, but with relatively low health...
15 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RealSociology
This week's Splinterlands Challenge of the Week was to showcase the Dragon Splinter... And I used the opportunity to take my kitty out for a stroll and the battle below is a demonstration of her awesomeness with plus two speed, truestrike and heal s...
