BORROWED MONEY! Or putting the cart before the horse.

Crazy how much money you spend.  Have a mortgage?  Then you are paying almost double what you bought your home for.  And there is the big kicker for those of us wanting to give it all up and head for the country.  You gotta have cash, and lots of it saved to be able to buy your prospective homestead.  Sustainable living begins with your steady movement out of what is the norm for todays  "living on credit" lifestyle.  You have to own your house and land outright to be able to live on almost nothing.  Reduce your outputs, trash your tv, get rid of things you have to plug in, shop consignment for your clothes.  This begins your trek to the country and can last decades before you are ready to cut ties with the old job thats got ya down.  Don't be fooled into thinking that this permaculture, sustainable bus is gonna get you rich.  It might, but the work and know-how needed increase exponentially.  Marketing, business models, yea the crap you left the city to get away from.  So don't rush is the game plan.  Be sure you understand the reason to go sustainable is to get out of the rat race that has you by the balls, that has disillusioned you into thinking you need it all and you need it now.  Don't buy what you don't have money for today, and rethink what you think you need.  This is the lesson I needed to learn, that just skipped my mind.  Another way to die on your tractor, so to speak, an unseen danger on your path to a sustaining life - thinking you can get there on a loan, with all your toys...

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