I did #1, I saved and saved and bought a house and 2.5 acres of land here in Finland in September, I'm moving in with my dog as we speak. I still have to sell my current apartment, after that I will be debt free! I've had this in mind for the last 15 years, but I've always had a job or a girlfriend to prevent me from doing this, now I was free to finally do it (financially and otherwise), and when I started noticing small aches and pains (I'm in my early 40's) waking up in the morning, I thought it's now or never and finally decided to do it. When I told a friend about the whole thing and my plans, he said "oh like that mossy bottom dude?", I didn't know what he was talking about, but I found your channel, binge watched all your videos and was a bit surprised how we share such similar thoughts and ideas! Thanks for the videos, I've learned a lot by watching them!
We did the exact same thing this time last year, but in Estonia. Just over the water from you! Totally raw land, 5 acres of forest and pasture, in the middle of now where. It’s been a serious learning curve and we’ve grown so much… but it’s so worth it! “They” say that the first 5 years are the hardest, I can confirm it’s been a rough one, but it’s so rewarding. Every time we make something better or build something new, we call it levelling up :) Drop me a message if you’d like to link up and chat… ☺️
how cool! ive lived in finland for a bit and actually want to do the same. seeing the space there and how cheap the land can be opent my eyes and made me feel like it is more possible then you sometimes feel like. where did you buy land? and why finland?
You forgot to add emotional maturity, resilience, curiosity, willingness to learn, positive outlook and goals....all of which you have in abundance. Thanks for another thoughtful video.
Hello Daniel,you made a great point when saying that some folks who inherited some small holding might want to get away from that which they had lived on from birth. I am one such person and I will explain why. It is in a remote place in Roscommon and I loved it when my lovely parents were still there but when they passed I couldn't think of staying there due to the isolation I might have to deal with in later life. I sold all and bought a farmhouse nearby and restored it with a beautiful view of lakes and hills and people all around and I'm so happy. Love your Chanel 😍🍀🍀🍀.
Great video. Thanks. Unfortunately none of those options would have been possible for my hubby and self. So we found a 7th option. Turn what we gave into what we wish we could have making compromises to make it happen, instead of bemoaning dreams we could never achieve. 😊 we are turning our suburban home and garden into a micro-homestead. Decided to make it happen right here and now. Thanks for the inspiration.
I grew up on a farm in Victoria, Australia. I was evacuated in the Black Saturday Bushfires in 2009, and my home burnt down. I will be moving back next year, and putting a modular home on it, going off grid. I'm in my 40s and hope to spend the rest of my life there this time. I'll be putting a sprinkler system on the roof, just in case I have to evacuate again if I fire sweeps through. With a modular home, it will take less time to re-build if it does burn down. Looking forward to going back to the bush and growing all my own fruit and vegetables like my family did when I was growing up. :)
I survived the 2009 bush fires living in thebush out of Melbourne. Scary. Loved the environmental living zone (where we worked to maintain the native bush ad flora and fauna. Attempts to grow fruit and veg largely failed due to loss of topsoil and the hilly terrain). AAt74 I looked to another life as the bush living just too hard. I now am on edge of a creek in a retirement community full of very interesting people. Live your dream.
Plant, if you're allowed to, Cypress trees around your home. They do not have resin in their sap, but water, so in times of fire, they act as fire breaks. They discovered this in Portugal some years ago when does swept through that country. The properties that were surrounded by cypress did not get burned.
My way out: at 40 my husband and I bought an old house in the country on a 1/4 acre plot BUT in the French speaking part of the country. So I went back to school ( still in the French part of the country) and got a teacher degree. It only took two years to become a teacher and since then I've got a full time job in a school next to a forest. As I came from Antwerp, I couldnt' dream of anything better than that. Meanwhile we have an organic (of course) vegetable plot of about 300m2 as well as a 'bee park'( native plants that attrack all sorts of polinating insects) of 100m2, some fruit trees, a chestnut tree and a walnut tree. We haven't got any animals except a dog therefore I love even more watching your youtube video's. Thank you very much!
I´m option 4, but doing it by myself. 😅 After the hefty commute - its so peaceful to come home to my little woodland smallholding. No animals but my dogs and cat yet, and my pallet garden has stopped producing for the fall. I love making plans for next spring, and in the future I want chickens, and dreaming of working part time. 💕
I’ve gone for half and half. I’ve done off grid on a boat for four years and frankly I’m too old and no longer interested in going the whole hog. As my husband likes his job owning a recording studio (worst paid job ever) he needs to commute to the city so we compromised, sold our over priced city house (tiny) and bought a small 200 year old cottage in a semi rural location and paid off the mortgage. The cottage came with a field on a hillside, where I keep chickens and grow food and flowers. It could be off grid, it’s doable. I already collect my drinking water from a local spring. If I was thirty years younger I’d definitely go for a small holding but in my mid sixties I’m not so keen, I have herbs drying all over the place for teas and bottled food and pickled eggs. Two freezers full to bursting. What’s not to like?
Yes me too (66) but in reality not interested at all in hauling laundry to town because well /and or pump can't run a washing machine. I think Daniel expressed that he really was worn-out hauling water by bucket and how great a time saver his pump and hose solution turned out to be. But really I am thinking -wow let me fill my days with as much joy and fulfillment as I can vs back breaking labor ;)
My husband and I are in the privileged position of living in our little dream cottage. He is retired and I am now working part time. Covid has given me the luxury of working from home the last almost two years, giving me opportunity to spend copious amounts of time developing the property. Health issues (I have chronic Lyme disease) kept us from this life for a number of years, and it took over three years find an affordable and appropriate property. The only thing I would change is doing it sooner if it was possible.
@@joshblackburn thanks for your concern. I have a wonderful naturopathic doctor who has helped me gain and maintain a great level of health-I’m at 90-95%. I’ll look it up though.
@@joshblackburn I’m happy to see there’s something available for those across the drink-I’m in Atlantic Canada. Looks like many of the same treatments I have taken over the years. Good on them! 💚
IT is nice to see you you tub films. I live in norway, over 60, groving lot of food. I always wanted a smaal holding, but when you find love in a policman, and get 4 children you have to live whit that😊. Now we have got more time, derfor I kan grow in an alopment pluss my garden. There we grow appels, ploms, and all cains of berys. And we have the natur nearby whit the montens and a cottages. So we have to be happy were we are now. 💚Sorry for my bad english.
As a more ‘mature ‘ homesteader/smallholder’ living in Wales ( and having moved here only two years ago ) we practiced and developed self-sufficiency skills before we moved and are learning new skills all the time. Being ‘retired ‘ is completely the wrong word in our situation. It’s more a new career! We’re lucky enough to be in good health and hope to keep going for many years yet.
Are you the one singing? Sounds good. I have a similar small place in Finland, very modest but there’s no loan. God gave Adam and Eve a job to take care of the garden, and job description has not changed. I think that”s why people have this urge inside to do this. Just a thought! I enjoy your videos very much, thank you for them!
How do you manage the rather chilly winters there? I was half way through emigrating to Finland when the Brexit vote hit and bowled my plans over but I have not entirely given up … … …
We are off grid in Australia and debt free (house paid off though the land needs work and we have limited time) but still in the rat race work-wise with office jobs. We are relatively frugal and also not party animals lol. Haven’t quite figured out the quitting plan yet but this is very helpful ❤️. Love your videos.
Hello! You were part of my inspiration for The Cobden Cottage. After 40 years of renting and pursuing the rate race, when COVID hit I could work remotely so I bought a small parcel in the Midwestern US. I grow food here and live off the eggs and bison from neighbors in the small town that I live in. While I still work (I love my work) I am much happier than I was when I was throwing my money away as a renter. I am surrounded by woods and i can see the milky way at night. Life is good.
This is such a strong video for any person who has chosen to follow their heart instead of pursuing the ideas the dominant culture pressures us to buy into. Your analysis of the various options for escaping the rat race is spot on. As a self employed artist/crafts person, I've had to navigate through the financial obstacles that are at the root of the challenges you've faced in making your independent lifestyle work. I do believe your career counselor was correct in certain ways - you are gifted in English and you ARE a wonderful teacher who uses his carpentry skills to build the necessary structures for your holding. Your storytelling, weather it be tales from Mossy Bottom or other stories is superb. You teach in the best way possible - by example. Thanks so much for posting.
The outtakes at the end are SO adorable and funny. Very informative and reality based video. Too many people see the romanticism in your lifestyle without thinking of the reality part.
Hi - we've just completed on our house in France [yesterday] and we are mid travel down there to retire and become self sufficient. We have retired early, paid off our mortgage and saved like crazy so we could buy it cash. Can't wait to buy and sow the first seeds next week when we land. It has been pretty hard for me over the last few months not being able to sow and grow any autumn and winter crops [we can't take seeds or plants across the border], and I just want to get my hands in the soil again. Plus our new house has lizards on the wall in the summer and who doesn't love lizards??? My main key advice is to pay into a pension as soon as you can, and as much as you can, so that when you are exhausted of working for the man, you can draw down your pension early and invest it into schemes that give you a monthly income whilst you wait for the state pension. And be frugal as early as you can with regards to everything that you buy and use. I remember getting excited in the 80s that the town I'd moved to, had really good second hand clothes shops and everyone looking at me as if I'd lost it. But I still buy second hand whenever I can. We can't work for 5 years here so we will be using the time to build up a good seed bank so that when we can work, we have enough to start making another income from selling heritage organic seeds.
Moss reminds me so much of our dog, Bonnie (in my thumbnail), who had her times when she just could NOT get close enough! Ay, she was bonnie, and lived to over 16 years. We still miss her so much and her sister, who was much more a recluse. The outtake reminded me too how both were hair factories--shedding year round yet always with thick coats. You make great points about the community approach. Not only is creativity limited but you might well find most value expediency over doing things well the first time. Not to mention the abundance of egos to work around. Not every community has the inherent humility of the Amish. :-)
Growing up with most of my time spent at my Grandparents small farm, I knew that this is what I wanted at a very early age. What I learned from them was indeed priceless, now a Grandfather myself I have little to none as regrets go. I was blessed to find a wonderful lady and we married. 35yrs have passed since that wedding, We made it work by doing alot of what you mentioned. We raise pigs, beef cattle and chickens for market. Also many many gardens. We really enjoy your channel, Thank you for the videos. Stay safe and warm.
I'm likely going for option 4, and hopefully work remotely so I don't have the commute, and maybe slow transition to part time as mortgage gets paid off. I thrive in solitude, and getting ever more fed up with city life.
100k subs 👏 you now have the attention of a full Wembley stadium. Goes to show how many people are looking to pursue this way of life. Congrats on being brave enough to make this move.
I'm Irish, but living in Australia, working on getting home and building a similar life for myself. A few years ago, I bought the cottage with the land. It's beautiful, I can't wait to get home. On your point about the reluctance of people in Ireland to take on inherited property; we're a funny bunch when it comes to our history. I think there is a huge feeling of responsibility to take care of the place, maybe even improve it but also to honour our ancestors that went before us in the place and the hardships they had to endure, to give us what we now have. Sometimes that stress and feeling of obligation is huge. I'm so thankful that I managed to secure my own cottage, if I mess it all up, it's on me. I would have felt so much pressure if I had been expected to take on family property.
I laughed, I now know why you call your channel Mosey bottom, he had his butt pushing against you. We are sort of #4, we both work fulltime, and long commutes. We bought our land in our early 30s, built our house without a mortgage, while 5 of us live in a 24x24 ft house, that we had to make livable (it's now falling down), then 3 yrs ago, we went to work building out buildings and fencing for a couple goats, chickens and rabbits (which was my plan). My husband asked why are you doing this now when we could travel, I said you aren't seeing the bigger picture, (and I don't want to travel), then covid hit, and I said here is the bigger picture. This summer I butchered 9 chickens, 4 turkeys, and about 30 rabbits, as well as canned 40 qts of green beans (awful yr for gardening). I would go into work and then go home and can the chicken, turkey, and stock. It was exhausting, but it's done for the yr...I am 58 yrs old, and yes somethings take longer, and muscles hurt longer, but I'm happy to say I just finished hand digging and hauling the last of 20 tons of dirt to my raised beds and back filling buildings (it took 3 yrs). Maybe I could do a video for you to feature, definitely ups and downs.
Sadly a big reason to keep your job in the US is lack of health care. Our health care here is tied to our jobs unless we private pay. Luckily you don't have to worry about that in UK but at 40 years old my health insurance alone is >$500/month. That's a lot of jam to sell at the farmer's market haha.
We did the same as you, realised in mid 30s that we didn't to continue with the previous lifestyle,my husband still works to support the development and I am full time farmer( I run a small scale market garden/plant nursery) it can be done if the person is fully committed and very motivated.
I live in the US and have always watched videos on homesteads, gardening, carpentry, for years and had only come across your channel when I decided to do some reasearch on moving to Ireland. I've been stuck in the Rat race living in an apartment with my wife of 4 years and we both have built up the courage and drive to really start changing our lives and looking to greener pastures (quite literally in this sense). I appreciate all of your videos, thanks for giving me a little more hope as well.
Brilliant sweater! One question though: is he reading his monologues from prep cards or is he really that well spoken? I do not know ANYONE on RU-vid who delivers his or her speeches as effortlessly as he does. Whoever can answer this question will be forever in my prayers.
He speaks slowly and that also gives him time to elaborate his conversation. Plus he Is passionate on what he's talking about and knows his subject matter.
I totally agree with the community part! I would love to live a selv sufficient life, but I don't want to live like a hermit. I would love to have my own land, but with neighbors who live similar lifestyles (just like you described). To be able to help each other, learn from each other and to fulfill social needs.
I'm part of a group looking to found this kind of community in South Wales. We're currently looking for new members if you're interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0hCpbVVNTeA.html
Love these type of videos of yours where you share advice and your experiences.it is not for everyone but we can all learn from your attitude to life and take something from it.
Start the smallholding where you are, learning about the reality of your dreams is better at least partly done before jumping. Even though you'll have to relearn parts on your future smallholding because of different (micro)climate and so on, the experience will help a lot. And maybe even if moving isn't in the cards, you'll be able to live your dream where you are after all.
This sort of thing is definitely at least partially my plans for when I've moved to Ireland again and when there's the opportunity... I know I'm going to need that nature contact.
Thanks for another interesting and helpful video (watched at 2x speed lol). So true about waiting to pursue your dreams, I can understand why people do it, but it doesn't make sense for me personally. I'm mid 30s now and I feel some of my best years in terms of fitness are creeping behind me already! That kitten is a keeper, coming for a snuggle like that! And I loved the wardrobe coordination between you and Moss today!
To have the courage to go for our dreams is so valuable. It all starts with the small steps I think. Our family of 6 did similar nearly 3 years ago, it’s been so hard in many ways but gosh it’s beautiful and rewarding. It took us 12 years of saving and hard work to get here and there is a life time of work to do starting it from scratch. Love your encouragement for others to step off the well worn path to ‘success’ to discover their own gentler path.
A combo of most of these.... with the light growing extremely bright at the end of the tunnel. The new year beckons and you are one of my great inspirations!
I always enjoy listening to your philosophy on how to make this lifestyle work -- or any lifestyle that includes frugality, simplicity and having more ownership over one's time. Your story is quite inspiring, and helps feed my intention to move in this direction for myself. Thanks so much. And blessings to you, and all your critters, as you journey forward. 🙏☮
A very well espoused analysis,I think you will help a lot of people to make an informed decision ,your series certainly helped me. It took four years and an enormous stroke of luck to get here but now with my wife and daughter we’re of to a great start on our 3800 m3 plot with house and no mortgage.Good luck to you ,I’ll keep viewing.
This was great. We moved to a small after our oldest was born because I was told I wouldn’t have more kids. This way she would have friends around her. So two more kids later a 5 acre farm was up for rent so we grabbed it. Raised them all on that farm while renting out our house in town. Two of our kids have their own farms now. One on 4 acres and the other on 8. We are back at our which we have paid off now. We have raised beds in our backyard and we do buy more at farmers markets. Going into our 70’s my husband is only working part time because we only have a small retirement. But am happy that I got to homeschool and raise our kids out in the country.
This is lovely. I am in my mid-thirties, and I think options 4 and 6 apply to me. I plan to work for 10-15 years, make films about sustainable agriculture and find land for a homestead while I work. I dream of building a house almost like a medium bungalow or whatever best suits the environment that I will build upon. I visualize having solar panels and a small garden and food forest with diligence and patience. I don't know where it will be. I do know that I want it to be closer to nature, and as far as the sacrifices go... well, I reckon I will cross that bridge when I get there. One thing I will say about option 6 is that I am taking wilderness survival courses to see if I want to get my Wilderness First Responder certification, hence the interest. Thanks again, brother Daniel!
hello, Daniel! me and my boyfriend are planning to do what you did, but it includes moving to a different continent (his native one), to a country with a closed financial system. very, very complicated and stressful to even think of. despite the geographical difference, your advice remains valid. I am very thankful to you for tackling the practical 'hows' - as I struggle to find this type of information elsewhere. as we struggle with all of this, it's very reassuring to be listening to you - we don't feel so alone anymore. I really wish we could be neighbours in that imaginary perfect homesteading community! I'd translate your subtitles or knit you and Moss matching sweaters in exchange for some woodwork :D
Your place is so beautiful with all the flowers growing around you and seems so picturesque with Moss at your knee, your rabbits and chickens and cats moving around as you talk. Thank you for sharing this with us along with all your tips for those who want to live your way of life. I just like to watch your videos and enjoy all the beauty and peace without enduring the midges!!
Thanks so much for this! The topic has been burning on my heart lately and your advice is very timely! So glad to see your success and constant growth.
Me and my partner have been dreaming about a move to Ireland on a small-holding for years now, and your videos have really helped add definition and weight to that dream. I was wondering, over the course of your journey, if you've met any physically disabled folks who managed to be successful living this kind of life? My partner is disabled, and we fully intend on pursuing this lifestyle regardless. Thank you!
hello - yes I have known a farm manager here in San Diego CA who was paraplegic and used a cool farm vehicle to get around. I think if you can customize the environment for ease and safety - why not? there is a organization in UK - Disability Horizons- might ask them. Best to you
Nice visit and fun to see the animals too. You might want to try ordering a Bug Baffler net jacket from Cabela catalog. They are light and you forget you are wearing one. It can be made to cover your arms, neck, face, even hands, depending upon how you zip it. I used one for years when I walked my 6 dogs in the woods and to the river. It made all the difference between hurrying along miserably and enjoying it at my leisure. I like the music too. thanks
Totally agree with your disadvantages for option 3!! We not at retirement age nor are we mortgage free - we are somewhere between option 1 and option 3? At age 46 we have finally saved enough to move onto 10 acres, but we have spent the last 24+ years working long hours siting on our butts in an office job - believe me health and fitness is a BIG DEAL !! :)
I always love hearing your story; it's so inspirational and beautiful. One day I want to wake up to the sounds of birds and not cars honking and congrats on 100 thousand subs Daniel!
Back in the 70's, my parents who had been raised during the great depression did this- found a property that had a derelict house that sat in the middle of 80 acres. The biggest thing they had going for them was my father still had all his equipment and tools from when he was in business as an excavating contractor. But at the time they had almost no money. They lived in the run down house for several years and my mom grew huge gardens (all organic) and canned what they couldn't eat. When they had saved enough money to buy the material to build a new house, my father insulated the 2 car garage, and they moved into that and lived there for a year and a half while they worked on building the new house completely by themselves. I have a couple of suggestions for you; you say you have a problem with slugs in your garden? Get a shallow pan (like a pie plate) and fill it with beer. Slugs love the stuff, and they climb into the pan and can't get out. Put several of them in your garden, spaced about 5-6 feet apart. You need the ground nice and fluffy to plant your carrots? During the winter, get some burlap or other fabric and slather honey or molasses on one side, and place it on the ground with the sticky side down. It will attract all the earthworms in the area which in turn aerate the soil. You mentioned that your grandfather had flowers planted in his garden. That wasn't just for looks, some flowers repel certain insects and help keep your garden pest free. Lastly, in the country people who want to be self sufficient rely on a magazine called Mother Earth News-
100,000 followers is just a blink away. Congratulations, well deserved. This video is one of the best you’ve produced, IMO. You have a gift. Thank you for sharing with us.
Oh my goodness, Moss is so adorable and he was trying so hard to get and to keep your attention!!! Made me smile. You’ve definitely hit on a number of main points that made me seek a slower life and embrace the fact that climbing a career ladder no longer felt fulfilling or worthy. Thanks for such a thoughtful and beautiful video. ❤️🙏🏻
Fun fact about career advice in school. I am from Germany and apparently in the '90s there was a software bug in one of the self-tests. The result: Everyyone - and I mean EVERYONE - who ticked the box "I like to work outside" was advised to become a gardener... :)
I was on Escape to the Country! The show is a bit of a con as you're given an area to visit. We were given Malvern in Worcestershire. I eventually ended up in East Sussex. There's a part of me that would love to plunge into the full self sufficiency thing, especially as I have no mortgage and after years of work am in a good position, but if I'm honest with myself, I'm too fond of my creature comforts to go full-on off grid. I also think I'd struggle to dig an acre. In hindsight, I should've done it in my early 30's. I'd made enough money by then to finance it, however at that time I was too caught up in the March to better houses/sports cars/designer clothes etc. I hope younger people are being inspired by you to not make the same mistakes as I did and leave it too late.
In the uk land and “cottages” are a lot more expensive than Ireland. I really hope to save enough to live off grid by the time I’m 40. Why 40? Well I’m hopefully going into the navy soon and if successful I will stay in for as long as I can then retire on a smallholding. I also want to be a firefighter so I wouldn’t be fully self-sufficient I’d still want some kind of income and a job, then I’d have a pension for when I’m old and can’t work the land as much. Brilliant video, lots of good tips and point🙏🏻
Wau.. all very well, said😊.. Thank you! I've wanted to have a community for years. I live in the country, in nature everything is available to me, for a normal life! I do part time work, I have no rent, and very small lobes! I'm a single mom, so it's hard to align myself with some jobs that need more hands.😃A here in Croatia, the climate is great, to grow everything you want🌻🌻
Another options is to rent something, keep working and use the renting period as an opportunity to learn new skills and buy the tools and equipment you will need for your own place later.
Wonderfully said. We are doing this in France (Option 1, but middle aged). Just loved all your points as I think they are spot on. (And would love to join up with you, but we enjoy the lack of midgies in France too much :-D )
Yeah, another video with philosophy about simple living / leaving the rat race! My favorite! Terrific breakdown there Daniel. At age 28 I had saved up enough for a few acres cash, or 15 acres with a mortgage. At this same time I was first experiencing city life and dating in a city (I grew up on 4 acres on the edge of a small town). I ended up wanting to stay close to the city for dating. It was a mistake, to an extent. Thankfully I bought a vacant lot in the city and recouped losses/gained more money. I also rented on the edge of the city on acreage with other hippie types (kinda like intentional communities, but rentals). I gained homesteading experience on the land in the rental communites, and on my job in landscaping. Now at 41 I don't care about the dating scene as much. I'm also tired of the traffic, etc.... I'm going to move 40+ miles out. I'm not sure if I will buy 1 to 2 acres with cash, or 3 to 6 acres with a mortgage. I'm self employed in high end landscaping now, so I'll likely go the mortgage route and set up a plant nursery too, not just a market garden. Then, I'll walk away from landscaping as a service. While I'm still lean and decently strong, I have bulging discs and pinched nerves now. So, I'm experiencing exactly what you warn about regarding unexpected health situations. I still do almost all the same tasks, but I can't lift over 50 lbs now without risking further injury. My middle class friends tell me to go the mortgage route and buy more land, as that'll ultimately build more wealth, and I've always wanted more land anyway. On the other hand, the rebel in me wants to buy less land cash, and walk away from doing landscape maintenance on estates a lot sooner. Living on land with other simple living types has been neat in some ways, but more than once street pharmacists have moved in, or other disagreements are had, or the neighbors have lots and lots of unsightly clutter, including in shared spaces. In the end, having your own land and drawing in like-minded neighbors is a more stable route to community. One exception, is setting up a homesteading neighborhood /subdivision and each person having their own plot. Those communities usually can't get financing though, with rare exception when they find a wealthy benefactor.
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Congratulations on 100,00 subscribers. I liked it a few weeks ago when all social media went down for a few hours, I now try and get away from it for a few days each week.
You're a wonderful tonic for those of us who can't make an escape! Thank you so much for sharing your life! I would like to know more about the different ways you preserve your food and what you would like to try in the future. God bless!
I've always wanted that lifestyle, and I'm so lucky to have found a man who wants to be free from the rat race as well. Our family, however, thinks we're crazy because we're in our mid forties and now we're not saving for retirement, but it is NOW or never for us. We love our freedom!
Could you talk a little bit about when you used up your 40k savings and how you financially support yourself now? I know I wouldn't be able to do RU-vid or Patreon in the way that you do so I suppose I'd have to find another income stream
You can get social welfare in Ireland it would cover utilities you could survive quite well on it if you live a simple life,Ive never availed of it my self thank fuck,and I dont work either.
COMMENT: Self sufficiency and independence is a great aim, congratulations for your progress; you seem very happy and content with your lot, very green I might add. The current strategy of the bankers is to reduce the individual capacities, in terms of monies, of individuals through politically engineered compliance to financial constraints of morgages, and concurrently increasing money supply that is effectively devaluation and specifically inflation that is camouflaged systemically through government manipulation of statistics at a generational level at a minimum.
Couldn’t have said it better. When I was a child it was embarrassing if you bought things “on tick” (credit) but now you are viewed as strange if you don’t have credit cards, overdraft, afterpay etc. I steer my teenagers away from this thinking - it’s the financial institutions telling you how to spend your own money!
I've just found your channel and watched the third video, but you really speak my mind and live the life I want for myself:) Thank you and Hi from Leipzig, Germany!
