I'd love to see a documentary on "The McDonald's Budget."
Where someone tries to live on minimum wage for a year using Mustachian principles. Of course, it would include mustachian ways for that person to be improving their future in that year (like taking TreeHouse courses).
This would be a great discussion starter for all the bloggers that were outraged at McDonald's (admittedly lame) attempt to educate its workers on personal finance.
I have thought about doing exactly this now that I'm retired.
Start over in life right now at age 33. Can I make it again? Basically a mid-life reboot. I'd give myself a year to reestablish myself and get back on my feet. How well could I do in one year's time?
Give up all my material things (like my car, my phone, my computer). Come up with a good cover story on what I did for work in my 20's and early 30's. Something very low skilled so I wouldn't have any help in getting a job. Maybe I relocated to the east coast from the midwest because I was tired of the cold winters.
Get a lowly job, bust ass, move up, branch out, hustle, make money, win.
I'd have to use the computer and internet at the library until I could afford to buy my own computer and internet/phone. I'd have to "buy" my car from myself if I wanted to use it (other wise it's bike, walk, or use transit).
I'd have to do some shadow accounting since I'm not sure I would want to leave my family for a whole year. But I could pay to rent out a room in a house (my own house!) and split utilities or something. Or maybe pretend I'm renting my whole house and include my whole family in the charade's finances.
Just an interesting idea I came up with. It'd be good material for a book or documentary. I mentioned it to my wife and she wasn't too receptive so I'm taking a pass for now. :)