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But its a great idea to have a very simple place you can spend some time at when you desire. I want one too.
Consider http://tinyhouseblog.com. It has some great information.
"spent much of his life in the Cook Islands and 16 years in three sessions living alone on the island of Anchorage in the Suwarrow atoll, which was the basis of his popular autobiography."
Very long but totally worth it to read the whole thing: http://www.janesoceania.com/suvarov_tom_neale/
Makes me want to go to Cook Islands at the least.
More parameters are needed, in my opinion. What you want is possible, but not with only $10k. That, or give up some requirements (internet, unless you want to walk to a public library) and be prepared to squat on someone else's property. I live close to your desired existence. I own my humble hermit's cabin outright, have no debt at all, and a few grand in savings. I grow some of my own food, hunt some more, but I st…
Are you in the US? Which state?
More parameters are needed, in my opinion. What you want is possible, but not with only $10k. That, or give up some requirements (internet, unless you want to walk to a public library) and be prepared to squat on someone else's property. I live close to your desired existence. I own my humble hermit's cabin outright, have no debt at all, and a few grand in savings. I grow some of my own food, hunt some more, but I st…
Hm, it looks like property taxes are amazing in louisiana. Does anyone know the net cost of getting set up with a crappy katrina cottage?
More parameters are needed, in my opinion. What you want is possible, but not with only $10k. That, or give up some requirements (internet, unless you want to walk to a public library) and be prepared to squat on someone else's property. I live close to your desired existence. I own my humble hermit's cabin outright, have no debt at all, and a few grand in savings. I grow some of my own food, hunt some more, but I st…
Hm, it looks like property taxes are amazing in louisiana. Does anyone know the net cost of getting set up with a crappy katrina cottage?
A mentor of mine did this, with $300,000.00 for four years. He bought a plot of land in Wyoming, built and underground cabin, and bought a Backhoe to help himself build it. He lived there for four years before moving on with his life...
I read about this kind of failure all the time in homesteading and survivalist circles. It takes a certain mindset to succeed, which involves adopting a bit of minimalism and humility. One thing people have trouble wrapping their mind around is this: the more "toys" (tractors, machinery, etc.) that require consumables and maintenance, the less self-sufficient you will be. To be honest, even today's Amish are a far cr…
What about, for example, good knives and other various man-made tools?
I've thought about doing this sort of thing, but I'd really miss quality tools if I had to give them up. That, and buzzing around on a motorcycle! But I imagine even if I had a good supply of money for fuel and tires, the high risk of injury when you're alone in the wilderness is unacceptable.
So, what- you've got less than 10 years left? If you want to restrict yourself to 100 hours of internet, that's more like 2 hours per year for the rest of your life, or 10 minutes a month.
> Upper limit for time spent on daily involuntary tasks (say 1hr/day) with definite certainty on ability to maintain existence. Assuming no outstanding terrestrial occurences, there should never be any stress from fluctuation of shelter or resource availability
You fundamentally misunderstand what being a self-sufficient old man in a shack means, don't you.
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If you are willing to live on rice it's about $200 a year for 2000 kcal per day. This is at supermarket prices, if you were willing to buy by the tonne I'm sure it's much less, just buy a futures contract and bring your truck to the delivery point.
Is there enough nutrition in (brown, i assume) rice to do this?