http://offthegridinoz.com/modules/publisher Off the Grid living information and resources Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:17:45 +1000 http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Articles Articles > The Effort it takes to Build an Off Grid Lifestyle. admin@offthegridinoz.com admin@offthegridinoz.com en http://offthegridinoz.com/images/logo.gif http://offthegridinoz.com/modules/publisher 140 75.675675675676 http://offthegridinoz.com/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=131 What does it take ? a rather huge question that IMO there are a million answers to ?<br /><br />This question is driven by quite a few things , just to mention a few , like personal circumstance ? personal strength , physical and mental , plus a persons capacity to learn many things that may seem mundane , but are quite complicated very often for many people to get a grip on ...<br /><br />Can anyone go country and go off grid ? Nope !<br />There are a few basic facts that will determine who can and who cant do this or take this life style on ...<br /><br />One could write a book on this I am sure , but to cover just a few things , I believe listing a few physical and psychological things that may effect anyone's capacity to do this should be looked at ...<br /><br />Lets take money first ? If a person has little money and yet a need for all the physical comforts , then they are screwed before they start ... If a person wants to buy land and has little money they are pretty much screwed before they start . If you have the need for income especially your own generated income , then this becomes even harder for many ... If you are being subsidized by an external an payment like a pension or any payment from the system , then this would make like easier .. If not and you have little cash you are screwed or need to address this first some how ..<br /><br />There is no way of really going off grid on your own property without some money , a small amount or a lot , it can be done but it takes a little money , of this , short term to start and long term to get by , there is no doubt about this ..<br /><br />Another physical aspect is the work involved to take back ownership over your life living off grid ...<br /><br />This can be effected by the money thing to a large degree for many .. If you have money? then you can buy your way into this no doubt , but if you only have the cash to perhaps buy a little land and just enough to set up the bare basics , then the effort require to get by will cause many to fail or at the min suffer quite a bit .. The effort required to set up an off grid life , maintain it and just do basics like growing a little food ect on top of any structural work required is immense , and many will under estimate this part of any attempt...<br /><br />Skills required are another biggie that should not be under estimated by the new .. Again if you have cash to splash , then buying in all these required skills will not be an issue mostly .. But if you have to learn all these skills , you might want to asses your capacity to do just that , learn and them implement these new learned skills ?<br /><br />Mind set will play a huge roll in anyone's success that attempts this , unless of course they are in the " I can buy my way in and sit back category " ? Mind set will determine if they are able to perhaps suffer a few things? , find the strength to cope with the effort ? and in many cases , go without a few things or allot? if they have little money ? ....<br /><br />Mind set will come into play with all of the above and many many more things that will effect the individuals in many different ways ... On a psychological level , there are also many things that will come into play that many may think about , but I feel many new to this will not quite understand .. If you are like many off grids and doing the " bug out " from the urban night mare and have some cash and an external regular payment ? and no real need to work ? , then you might find that you will spend quite allot of time on your property and your time spent with others might be greatly reduced ?<br /><br />This sets some new to this up for the issue of partial isolation ?<br /><br />Now many new will say , I cant wait to get away from them , I want peace exct ect ... and that's quite normal , BUT too much of a good thing? can quite often be just as bad as just a little of a bad thing.. I feel that heading out on a new journey with , I am gone , off to my remote property can be a good thing , but it might cause a few to find them selves a year into this , to be re thinking that idea of being alone ?....<br /><br />Isolation is a strange thing , its a bit like ice cream, , it is great in a small bowl , but grab the 4 liter container and knock it all off in one sitting and you may never want ice cream ever again ? I will leave my thought at this for the moment as , it can and would take a whole book to talk each aspect of this question in detail ..<br /><br />What does it take to go off grid and attempt this life style in all its aspects ? ?<br /><br />It takes many circumstances , physical and psychological things to fall into line to pull this off ...<br /><br />Can anyone take this lifestyle on ? well yes , ALL can give it a go for sure , but will all make a success of it ? or hang in there as a long term life style choice that they never leave ? NO ....<br /><br />cheers Steve ... Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:10:00 +1000 http://offthegridinoz.com/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=131 http://offthegridinoz.com/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=63 Here are our youtube videos on how much effort does it take to build an off grid property and lifestyle.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Tue, 28 Feb 2017 01:56:33 +1000 http://offthegridinoz.com/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=63