Learned my lesson. Will never do that again even though my boss’s boss told me to.
I’m officially quiet quitting and changed my LinkedIn to Open To Work, because fuck this job. The market sucks though so I’ll have to just fly under the radar for a few months until something better pops up.
I hate the fact that I have to work, and I’m just saving up enough money till I can get to the point where I can get some land and be self-sufficient on it.
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Three years in and our ‘self-sufficiency’ is limited to about 3 weeks of food per year if we relied on our own garden/forest 100% of the time for those 3 weeks. We don’t do that, but instead supplement with the garden and forest and learn more each year about what does well in our little spot.
I don’t say this to dissuade - but to make sure you set proper expectations. Self-sufficiency, even just for food, is a decade-long endeavor where you almost certainly will have to work some kind of job or have some income in the meantime.
For real. There is a reason specialisation of labour is hailed as The Main Thing which Brought Us Civilisation. Mainly because it meant everyone had time to build civilisation, rather than having to scrounge in the dirt for sustenance the whole day.
Adding a bit to that: most “fast” crops will take 7 to 8 months to fully grow before you can harvest. To get enough to live off the land, you’d need to plant and harvest enough to sustain you for a good 4 months at least. You’d also need several different crops so a number of them would be ripe every month of the year.
Being completely isolated is dumb, so being on good terms with your neighbors so you can trade any surplus or work is essential as well.
I understand that. I think I just want to get to a point where my expenses are low enough I can work remote part time, live off of my savings, or get some side income from selling my art without it becoming a hustle.
I’d maybe grow just a bit to supplement my groceries. Maybe, chickens (for eggs), lentils, potatoes, and kale or something. Just enough so I’m not completely dependent on inflating necessities.
This is the way.
I am working on the same long-term plan.
Good luck. I want so bad to pursue the self sufficiency dream, but I know myself well enough to know that I wouldn’t be able to pull it off. What I really want is to just feel like a meaningful member of a community. Minor member.
I’m just saving up enough money till I can get to the point where I can get some land and be self-sufficient on it.
Imagine what would have if everyone tried to do that.
I get it, it’s a nice idea. But it’s not a scalable solution for 9 billion people. So it would come at the rest of society’s expense.
