Check out this documentary I stumbled across (actually my wife showed it to me). Pretty good stuff, definitely an eye opener. If you can’t dedicate 3 days a week to chopping wood….this life isn’t for you. Although I am strangely intrigued. The 80+ year old guy living by himself is just ridiculous, talk about a beast. No money, no keys, no worries.
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Pretty much how I grew up. Loved it.
Interesting how so many think that “live off the grid” means simply not being connected to the local “Power Company” via the never ending turning of the “meter”. I believe everyone on the island has solar panels and/or a generator. So I guess is the question of being “off grid” simply not having an electrical bill? Or is being “off grid” more of a state of mind, being less dependent on others and more self-reliant? Where is the magic spot in the road when your “off grid” is when you have a garden, no electric bill, your own water well, no phone, no internet, make all of your own cloths, raise all of your meat? I had to laugh at the lady that knew they were off grid with an “outhouse” HAHAHAHA
Personally I believe it’s that magic spot in the road when you are content with who you are and what you have accomplished.
Kinda of an interesting Video, Thanks PJ
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83 and still chopping firewood, makes ya smile 🙂
Yes, “off grid” is a state of mind. It’s not that you’re not dependent on others, it’s that you know the others, appreciate them for who they are, and are willing to help them as well (not necessarily in return). In many respects, ‘self-reliance’ is simply non-materialism. I believe you are correct about that magic spot in the road when you are content with who you are but accomplishment is secondary to enjoying the process.
Am with you E5C. reminds me a lot of how we did things when I was younger.
I think a lot of people don’t realize just how much work goes into just living when you’re “off the grid” as they say. you don’t usually have time to get up to anything questionable because you’re too d@mned tired lol.
anyway, I liked the video, it’s good to see people actually living as opposed to talking about it, as many tend to do.
I sure wouldn’t want the feed bill for all those dogs, though
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I’m the same with the dogs…and while it looks like they have a lot of land that’s quite a bit of poop out there
thats fertilizer, PJ. 🙂
Our water source was only about quarter mile away. I hated hauling water more than anything. That was never ending and the jugs were so big it was all a young E5C could do to get them up from the creek and drug back to the cabin. Now that Im old and broken it would probably be all I could do now. Need smaller jugs.
Most people have no idea modern day Americans live like that. When I was in Mississippi I saw communal water spouts and people carry jugs back and forth.
We did have one solar panel, it lit either one bulb at night or the radio. Not both.
Where is this place? Paradise! Fell in love with the saints, stayed for the view!