Unplugging to Reconnect: A Journey Toward Full-Time Homesteading — Sacrifices and Challenges, Part 2

Reader Contribution by John Atwell
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Click here to read Part 1of “Sacrifices and Challenges.”

Sacrifices (Some Expected, Some Not)

Moving from a comfortable conventional lifestyle to a more “back to the earth” homestead will require sacrifices, with levels of creature comforts, modern conveniences, and life event predictability being among the most often cited in our research. In our case, due to building permit issues here on the Big Island of Hawaii that defy logic and would warrant a separate blog of their own, our family of six has unexpectedly been in a transitional state for 14 months. We have been living out of a tent on our land, living in a neighbor’s loaned off-grid cabin (no source of water or power), and living out of a vacated — but very livable house — offered to us rent-free by some friends.

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