Did anyone else here personally collapse before this hit? I read about 'collapse now before the rush' a few years back and it really made an impact.
Was already reading about economic collapse, prepping, climate change and such when I came upon this, and it just made sense to me. In a way, that's what we had been working towards for the past 2 years, collapsing.
Went total opposite of what the sheep were doing, no fancy house or cars, no instagram worthy vacations, no new gadgets, none of that stuff. Took what we had, a few acres of raw land, carved some roads and put a free house on it, ran extension cords from the pole until we could afford to get a line ran, still compost toilet because there's no septic yet, fill water jugs for water until the water lines are reworked, drive beater cars because they're paid for, constantly work on reducing outgoing expenses.. this is what we had done and are still doing to live as cheap as possible. We were living on one part-time income before this pandemic hit. Job closed in late March and we're one of those that is earning more being unemployed, such a weird feeling.
Of course I wish we had more time to work on things here before this hit, we weren't as prepared and I wanted, but still grateful we went this route. The future is looking grim, but we are already kind of living subsistence. I dunno, feel like we can handle this future 'new normal' pretty good. We were already getting some side gigs, doing some bartering, re-purposing free stuff, and a lot of doing without. Figure these will come in handy in the future.
Things I wish were in place: solar.. man, would be so nice!! Rural electric here is atrocious! Better garden, I literally have a black thumb, but am trying, the soil needs work. A root cellar, not just for stores, also for occasional tornadoes. Of course, more guns.
Anyone else go this route? Collapsed ahead. Or as I call it, intentional poverty. Any advice? Things you wish you had done different?
Was already reading about economic collapse, prepping, climate change and such when I came upon this, and it just made sense to me. In a way, that's what we had been working towards for the past 2 years, collapsing.
Went total opposite of what the sheep were doing, no fancy house or cars, no instagram worthy vacations, no new gadgets, none of that stuff. Took what we had, a few acres of raw land, carved some roads and put a free house on it, ran extension cords from the pole until we could afford to get a line ran, still compost toilet because there's no septic yet, fill water jugs for water until the water lines are reworked, drive beater cars because they're paid for, constantly work on reducing outgoing expenses.. this is what we had done and are still doing to live as cheap as possible. We were living on one part-time income before this pandemic hit. Job closed in late March and we're one of those that is earning more being unemployed, such a weird feeling.
Of course I wish we had more time to work on things here before this hit, we weren't as prepared and I wanted, but still grateful we went this route. The future is looking grim, but we are already kind of living subsistence. I dunno, feel like we can handle this future 'new normal' pretty good. We were already getting some side gigs, doing some bartering, re-purposing free stuff, and a lot of doing without. Figure these will come in handy in the future.
Things I wish were in place: solar.. man, would be so nice!! Rural electric here is atrocious! Better garden, I literally have a black thumb, but am trying, the soil needs work. A root cellar, not just for stores, also for occasional tornadoes. Of course, more guns.
Anyone else go this route? Collapsed ahead. Or as I call it, intentional poverty. Any advice? Things you wish you had done different?
