How back to basic is acceptable for you?

Oh, one more thought on communication. A cautious knock on the door and then stepping way back off the porch with your hands in sight is best. If somebody really wants to get hold of me and can't visit, they can send me a letter. I wonder if the IRS will forward mail to me? They always seem to know where to find me.

 

The only reason we have power is because I demand it for work. My SO would abandon the whole thing to live in the woods at the drop of a hat...I am honestly unsure that she would bother packing kit, she'd be out of here so fast.

 

The IRS always knows where to find you! They are the government after all and are here to help.

 

Common sense has me tied down.
Now on Social security it's not advisable to evaporate from the system.
However once that falls out that's very little reason to hang around.
I just may turn my back on every thing, and head for parts unknown.
I may not even take a compass, except to know I'm moving away from the perpetual insanity .
I think I'd rather die in the bush with peace of mind , than been driven nutz by society a vegetable .

 

I will take that under advisement .

 

I could probably go back about a hundred years and live perfectly happy. It would take awhile to get over the lack of entertainment, namely internet streaming media but daily life would be tolerable and even preferable in a lot of ways. The lack of medical knowledge and technology would be the most immediate concern in case of emergency but I'm generally healthy and stay out of the hospital most of the time.

 

I live off grid, but my house, when finished, will be a comfortable and convenient place to live.
I have a small solar-electric system and will be building a bigger one this summer.
I pump water by hand but eventually will have pressurized hot and cold water.
My house will have a flush toilet.
Currently I rely on a propane-fueled wall furnace to heat the house, but as soon as my woodstove is installed I'll be relying on the woodstove most of the time to heat the house.

Things I would not want to do:

- carry water
- use an outhouse
- go without showers
- go without electric lighting
- go without Internet service (it is a must-have for me anyway because I operate an Internet-based business from my home).

 

@MyPrepperLife Time to learn Solar , Heat collection solar & woodstove jacked heat . I live on grid , with a 12-18 $ power bill .
Do NOT unroll the built in control system !!
Rules before green , because we don't see your helping !!
You will never see any carbon credits (FAKE MATH ) for the effort we do.
Neo-Cons or who thinks they are the ones in control , will learn when the tide /switch/power /stuff turns .
I 'll hear gens for a month , then quite. !!

 

My BiL, a nice guy, has lived off-grid (or off-civilization) for most of his life. For many years after college, he was a sheepherder on the border of UT and NV. Lived in a caravan. BTW - shepherding is a lifestyle not a 'job'.

Now much older, he lives in MT in a 100 Y/O log cabin - walls are a couple of feet thick, so heating isn't a problem. He 'cooks' over a propane supplied Coleman stove. A 1 lb cylinder lasts him quite a while as he uses it mostly for coffee. Water comes from the creek and so on. He has a Bachelor's degree, oddly enough.

I asked him if he misses 'civilization'. Nope. When he decided to 'drop-out' he went all the way. He is as close to a real-life Hermit as I know of. Going to miss him when he's gone...

 

I think I would miss this site a lot.