Loved this reframing of off-grid independence. The line about interdependence keeping you steady while independence keeps you going captures something most cabin romanticism completly misses. My uncle lived off-grid for years and said the hardest lesson was learning to accept help without feeling like he'd failed at self-sufficiency. That "quiet availability" network is probably what seperates long-term cabin dwellers from burnout cases.
Its an interesting balance, for sure, we have lived off-grid too some extent, for over 8 years, in a cave in rural Spain....there is a level of isolation as we live in the hills but also there is a village around 9km from us which we can tap into...I am sure we are seen as the odd ex-pats living in the hills byt the locals, but they are a warm community without prejudice
Loved this reframing of off-grid independence. The line about interdependence keeping you steady while independence keeps you going captures something most cabin romanticism completly misses. My uncle lived off-grid for years and said the hardest lesson was learning to accept help without feeling like he'd failed at self-sufficiency. That "quiet availability" network is probably what seperates long-term cabin dwellers from burnout cases.
Its an interesting balance, for sure, we have lived off-grid too some extent, for over 8 years, in a cave in rural Spain....there is a level of isolation as we live in the hills but also there is a village around 9km from us which we can tap into...I am sure we are seen as the odd ex-pats living in the hills byt the locals, but they are a warm community without prejudice