Cutting back on one's cost of living can easily still be progress. If he's doing this to get rich, I would agree he is failing. However I don't think thats the

Cutting back on one's cost of living can easily still be progress. If he's doing this to get rich, I would agree he is failing. However I don't think thats the idea. I think he wanted a different lifestyle, and one that was more self-directed. Through that lens, an astounding amount of progress has been made.