After two years of forgoing a cell phone entirely, I shacked up with Republic Wireless in November 2014. A year later, I've upgraded my phone and converted my family and several friends.
Why the about-face?
$10 for unlimited cellular calling and texting, no contract
1.5¢ per megabyte for 4G cellular data over the Sprint network
Using Republic's advanced data management tools to keep most of my data going over wifi, my usage is generally around 330MB, yielding a bill of $15 per month (+$2 in taxes and fees).
Showing posts with label Experiment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Experiment. Show all posts
2014-06-05
An Evening with The Mustachians
You only get one birthday a year. I spent mine with Mr. Money Mustache.
The meetup was planned for a Friday evening, 5pm, in a small park on a reclaimed industrial site along the Bay.
The location just happened to be convenient for MMM; him and his family were staying with friends nearby in the city. But to me it seemed symbolic of what this movement is all about: reclamation. Reclaiming our finances from the credit card companies and the student debt and the car loans and the mortgages. Reclaiming our time from the folly of the forty-hour workweek, from the office cubicle, from the hour-long commute, from two weeks paid vacation. Reclaiming our culture from the destructive insanity of consumerism, from those damnable Joneses, from the rotted-out carcass of the American Dream.
I came out here to meet a man that has inspired me to change how I live, and to inspire others to carefully consider their own paths. I came out to meet those similarly inspired and see if we might build some community.
I was not disappointed.
Reclamation By the Bay
The meetup was planned for a Friday evening, 5pm, in a small park on a reclaimed industrial site along the Bay.
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| The EcoCenter environmental center at Heron's Head Park |
The location just happened to be convenient for MMM; him and his family were staying with friends nearby in the city. But to me it seemed symbolic of what this movement is all about: reclamation. Reclaiming our finances from the credit card companies and the student debt and the car loans and the mortgages. Reclaiming our time from the folly of the forty-hour workweek, from the office cubicle, from the hour-long commute, from two weeks paid vacation. Reclaiming our culture from the destructive insanity of consumerism, from those damnable Joneses, from the rotted-out carcass of the American Dream.
I came out here to meet a man that has inspired me to change how I live, and to inspire others to carefully consider their own paths. I came out to meet those similarly inspired and see if we might build some community.
I was not disappointed.
2013-10-31
Experiment 01: Write Every Day
This site has seen a lot of action lately! October encompassed 31 posts in all, one for every day of the month, bringing the total for the year to 80. I'm not going to count the words for you, but it was quite a lot of them.
So, what was the point of this exercise?
This was Experiment 01: Write Every Day!
The result: overwhelming success.
So, what was the point of this exercise?
This was Experiment 01: Write Every Day!
The result: overwhelming success.
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| my brainstorming-and-initial-drafting weapon of choice, believe it or not |
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