Off the grid.

It's constantly amazing how many people just want to be left the f*** alone. Not that they want to be alone. They just feel tremendous pressure to be apart of civilization and fulfill some acceptable role in it. Yet they don't like it. motivated and driven people seem more and more a rarity. It seems that there are such talented and interesting people completely wasted in some corporate endeavor.

As time goes on I see less and less value in corporate affairs. We're all channeled like cattle into the freight cars. And the slaughterhouse is awaitin'. When did we get to the point where we stopped working to satisfy the needs of people and started working to satisfy the needs of wall street. Somethings is seriously amiss.

Think about what you need, and what you want, then think how truly necessary all the chrome, glass, metal and fake stone is really involved in bringing those things to you. If you're not following along let me clarify. you need a farmer, but do you really need everything that goes into all the products and packaging in Cub foods. I get the Ben and Jerry's argument. So there are problems.

Have we built something so monstrous that it no longer serves us but feeds off of us for it's own nourishment. Is capitalism sucking the very soul out of those it should be serving.

but that I think leads me to a bit of hope. The giant house of cards has really inflated the amount of money required to participate in this house of cards. There in lies the opportunity. I think it might be easier than ever to chuck it all away, to not necessarily go off the grid, but choose the part you want and minimize the demands on you, and maximize the joy and meaning in your life.

How to do it. Well, taking cues from surfwise, you have to understand what you're doing and make the hard choices that support what you want. You have to either be debt free, or be willing to walk away from it. You have to get rid of the extra demands for cash, media things. You have to go green and buy second hand. You can get down to a life that demands very little cash, and can be supported by any endeavor that you enjoy.

If you look at things, as the demands for cash are growing, whats necessary is shrinking. You can spend an enormous amount on media services or you can now be connected quite cheaply if you want. if you're not a phone chatter, pay for cell service can be under 20$ a month. You don't even need that. Decent Internet connectivity is 25$ or less. So you're plugged in for less than 50$ a month. Transportation --Get rid of the car. Live by where you work or play, and either be totally in on a suburban location or use pub transport

I can get by on less than $100 for food. So you need a place to live. You can go real cheap if you want. Or maybe that's where you spend your dough. But the point is, if you really want, now more than ever you can drop out and make it on very little.

I think we will see more and more people opting for this.