Not even the best insurance plan in the world can keep you alive if you're killing yourself via poor diet and lifestyle (i.e. no exercise).

The ill effects of lbp are more pronounced where the person being exposed to it is malnourished and consuming a poor diet.

Just like with diets, careers, relationships and everything else. 

As far as contracting, that's always been part of my diet and I am putting myself out there for freelance work as well.

Electricians are in demand, but is it enough to take the risk of taking out a $100k loan to start a company that I'll be on a diet of Ramen noodles for the next year or are you so desperately looking for trades that I can hold up a cardboard sign and land 3 jobs within an hour?

Any other answer would be akin answering "should I stop my usual eating habits and switch to ____ diet?" 

Nothing in particular, I want to change my diet a bit, avoid meat as much as I can.

Diet is a great example where people are motivated by the "idea" of weight loss, but they aren't really sold on the sacrifice necessary.

Pull up the pants, wipe your runny nose, grab the diet Coke – we are going to get FINANCIALLY FREE.How much time do you think it will take you to set everything up?

Maybe I'm too nostalgic for my college days, but its precisely the kind of stuff I lived in when I was on a spaghetti and Ramen noodle diet and hadn't a care in the world other than showing up to class on time.About 2 years ago, I was regularly getting 2% and up.