>>987810
>building some useful shit
You can do that any time, any place. In fact it's probably a lot more interesting to build things from 'scratch'. With enough knowledge of chemistry and electronics, you can create almost anything known to man. I'm not the anon who originally said he wanted to go off the grid, and I don't think it's necessary to go that far, but I really do think, the way technology has scaled in society, and the ultra-specialization of everything has everything less rewarding.
>work for yourself
I already do. Most people do not, even if they claim to. They're in a constant loop, while having this idea in their head that they're going to escape it someday by some vague means. Also >>987788 claims he had 1TB to "consume", which implies it would be used for unproductive, mindless activities.