That's interesting. It's not something I think I'd want to do but that's probably because we're just different people with different passions and goals (I honestly don't care much for travel anyways -- though I wouldn't mind doing it a bit once I get a lifestyle business and some recurring revenue!).
What are you going to do once you settle down somewhere and have kids? I imagine kids are expensive, as is having a home and so on -- probably much more expensive than the life you're living now. Do you plan to get a job at that point? Start a business? Live in the slums or something?
At the place I chose for now as my 'central hub', there are also people living with kids. Money is not needed, the property is squatted in the seventies and later bought.
Some people earn money and are happy to provide for electricity. Also, guests are encouraged, but not obligated, to leave a donation if they visit the property for a longer time. It's in the middle of the woods, and recently we placed a second wind mill. For warmth and cooking we use the wood that the forest provides in abundance (this all in harmony with nature, only dead trees are used and also enough wood is left to rot to provide 'food' for the forest). Some people use gas bottles.
I have come to see that the concept of money is so deeply engraved (is that the right term?) in our minds, that it's almost impossible to think of the possibility to do without. With every concept that is thought of, money seems to be a mandatory part in the equation. There is a whole world out there where money takes no part in at all. And where even having a rich and healthy life is possible.
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That's interesting. It's not something I think I'd want to do but that's probably because we're just different people with different passions and goals (I honestly don't care much for travel anyways -- though I wouldn't mind doing it a bit once I get a lifestyle business and some recurring revenue!).
What are you going to do once you settle down somewhere and have kids? I imagine kids are expensive, as is having a home and so on -- probably much more expensive than the life you're living now. Do you plan to get a job at that point? Start a business? Live in the slums or something?
At the place I chose for now as my 'central hub', there are also people living with kids. Money is not needed, the property is squatted in the seventies and later bought.
Some people earn money and are happy to provide for electricity. Also, guests are encouraged, but not obligated, to leave a donation if they visit the property for a longer time. It's in the middle of the woods, and recently we placed a second wind mill. For warmth and cooking we use the wood that the forest provides in abundance (this all in harmony with nature, only dead trees are used and also enough wood is left to rot to provide 'food' for the forest). Some people use gas bottles.
I have come to see that the concept of money is so deeply engraved (is that the right term?) in our minds, that it's almost impossible to think of the possibility to do without. With every concept that is thought of, money seems to be a mandatory part in the equation. There is a whole world out there where money takes no part in at all. And where even having a rich and healthy life is possible.