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RE: The numbers show how much of an impact off-grid living can have!
You didn't mention the money you save by being healthy. Being more active (face it - you can't live off grid without getting up and moving off the couch) makes a huge difference in how healthy you are and and feel! It's one of the main reasons we went off grid - we both have computer jobs and do way too much sitting if we don't have to get up and out!
Well, that one is a bit more difficult to quantify as the transition also included my recovery from depression, suicide attempts, addiction to pharmaceutical drugs, computers, tv, movies, etc. I do write about all of that in my book, but you are right, we are healthier with the life style change. But the training in martial arts, healthy eating, recovery, emotional and mental health happened about 4 years before we went off grid. So when it came to noticing a health improvement, it was not that noticeable from the work that we already did when we were in the city. The only difference is that I did not have to go somewhere to work out, the life style provided all the work out I needed.
Glad to hear you're doing better.
I find it funny/sad that meds, computers, visual media,... needs to be all lumped in together. Life is so complicated sometimes.
In today's world, anything can be a major distraction or even an addiction that distracts us from doing the work to heal or confront those issues that needs to be worked on. For me, it was a culmination of a whole bunch of excuses that I've healed long ago. Almost ancient history for me now.