Off-grid post, 9.8.22

It has been awhile since this subject has been mentioned on this here blog. A review is in order, and an update.

The review is far-ranging in a sense. The sense is in how this idea came to be in the first place. The idea to go off-grid started in earnest back in 2014. It was at that time that I purchased 40 acres in far west Texas. It seemed like a crazy idea at the time. It no longer seems crazy. In fact, it seems like the only rational way to meet the situation developing before our very eyes.

Speaking of crazy, the country is really losing it. Going off to some place in "nowheresville" seems a bit oddball until you consider that the rest of the country may be falling to pieces soon. At the time that I made the decision to purchase the land, the country seemed stable. It no longer appears to be the case anymore. Going to a place in which you are totally responsible for everything is still a huge, huge challenge. It may well be one in which I cannot succeed. But I have to try.

There has been a shift in thinking. What seemed optional now seems imperative. When Bongino talks about an alternative economy, there can be no bigger alternative than to go off-grid. Or off-grid as much as is feasible. If it turns out that I'm wrong, then a price will be paid. But to do nothing could be an even greater mistake. Staying in the comfort zone is precisely the problem. The entire society is hooked on convenience and easy living. The thing that goes along with the ride is the loss of responsibility, accountability, and to put it bluntly, sanity.

Nothing about this will be easy. I've been practicing and practicing and practicing. Most off-grid stuff seems a bit shaky. I'm referring to solar power. There are ways to capture water. There are ways to subsist off the land with what nature provides. There is a way to do agriculture and raising animals. But it all must be started from scratch. There's nothing out there. Nor is there a lot of money to buy things to take along.

There's no telling how much time is left. I don't feel adequately prepared. As long as I've been planning, I still don't have a plan that I've settled on. But a plan is increasingly necessary. One thing is certain. There's less time left than there was 8 years ago.

There are elements of plans and there are techniques. As much as I've learned, there is always more and more, it seems. I learned another way of purifying water yesterday. Water isn't that big an issue anymore. The biggest issue remaining is security. People have disappeared out there. The law is a long way off. Plenty of mischief can occur without anybody knowing it. At my age, a lot of bad things can happen. The list goes on.

No decisions have been made yet. But time marches on, and is growing short. Urgency is rising to the fore.