Our Uncertain Future

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7 Lessons Learned From Over Four Years Off-Grid

It's mostly about YouTube.

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Eric Mack
Aug 13, 2024
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That thing about spiders crawling into your mouth is totally a myth. Trust me.

Remarkably, we’re in our fifth year of living off-grid (at least in terms of all public utilities, but still as online as ever) and there’s been a number of lessons learned for me personally.

I’ve learned tons about all you’d expect: things to do with water, electricity, gardening wildlife and even a little bit on the effects of isolation on the human animal. Here’s a quick list of things for those of you with the shortest attention spans:

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