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You will often hear the neighsayers that homesteading is a meme, that you can't be self sufficient and make everything you need to survive yourself. That's probably true, and even the settlers on uncharted land brought tools, seeds and supplies with them, but I'd like to argue that complete self sufficiency, that is autarcism, is not what most people who dream of a more rural and off the grid life want, even if the click bait titles of youtube videos and amazon books so often use this catchword that it entered our minds.
What we want is an ideal, maybe old fashioned but it is very tangible, a life where one has many jobs that don't get monotonous, where one has control and responsibility over his own life, a life with less distractions, more nutritious food and the sight of the milky way on a moonless summer night and most important resilience from a system that is too complex and interconnected, which brings a peace of mind that has no price. This is very popular among upper classes, see the interest spiked in hiking, trekking and hunting wild game, but this doesn't have to cost a fortune and be available only for the select few.
I'm not here to sell you some program or to flex on instagram with filtered pictures, I'm not even there yet but I want to log my progress on here, feel free to do the same if you are in a similar path.
What we have going for us:
- We can still benefit from globalization, ordering parts, tools, … very easily
- Internet is available everywhere with LTE, Starlink, WAN… bringing unlimited information, books, videos, communication…
- Solar panels work much better than a generator and are cheaper than ever. LiFePO4 batteries too.
- GPTs can help us do quick research
- Automation is cheap (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Sensors, Relays, Cameras…)
What is going against us:
- Technocracy, tighter zoning, agricultural, housing, busiPost too long. Click here to view the full text.