Introduction

It’s a liberating feeling just to think about the concept of living without care for anything except your personal needs.  Shelter, food and water, protection, social interactions and spiritual fulfillment are among the very core elements of that which we truly require in order to live. Once you stop and ponder this concept deeper you realize that you can fill your entire life just meeting these needs. The idea of self-sufficiency is a goal of many in today’s world.  Most in the U.S. don’t know any other way to live other than to work at a job, bring home a paycheck, and buy the things we need.  It’s certainly a way to do it, but far too often the jobs are fewer than the workers to fill them, and the pay is lower than that which is required to support oneself.  Many are looking for another way. The vision may be different for each individual, but self-sufficiency is the goal.

That brings me to the purpose of this blog, which is to document my journey as I seek out my personal Walden story, and to educate the reader on the details of how they might accomplish their own self-sufficiency goals.  A big part of this blog will be, in the near future, documenting my plans for a cabin, and my progress toward completing it. Other topics will include: Creating energy, acquiring food, digging a well, heating and cooling, transportation, generating an income, security, waste management, and anything else that relates to my journey. Since this blog is a current and ongoing story, it will obviously progress as I do. That means that there may be long periods of time between entries with progress, and the entries that are in-between may be technical or conceptual in nature.

So let it begin.