New to the blog and would like to just say thankyou to everyone for taking the time to share your experiences with others. I am not FI yet but on the way both financially and mentally. God I love the term FU money.
The Ecuador adventure prompts me to ask whether others have heard about Vipassana meditation course and the other being "The Mankind Project".
Both are non-sectarian and may be of interest.
For me I had the opportunity to do the 10 day vipassana meditation course recently and what an eye opener it was. The meditation has helped me since.
Vipassana runs soley on gratis and is a huge organisation. This
write-up explains it clearly and concisely
The other course, I would like to do but time and money is a factor, is the
New Warrior training weekend. A wanky title and this one does cost money, about $1k. Again no religious affiliations from what I can tell it sounds like they have their hearts in the right place with what they are achieving.
When talking about these courses to others you get the feeling that they think that such courses are "soft options" or retreats. The Vipassana course was far from a retreat experience and was a real challenge. Maybe others can post similar experiences (non-religious, cheap and enlightening) that would be of interest to fellow Mustachians.
Cheers
Gaz