At the first opportunity, yes.
Since I think a monetary collapse is coming to America and the world, it would be stupid to not prepare for it. I can't stay in Virginia living a conventional life until the crisis hits and wipes me out, so it's time to go.
I need to get serious about growing and preserving my own food and learning how to separate myself from the grid. I don't intend to leave the grid prematurely and will continue to use oil, electricity, hospitals and store merchandise as long as I can, but I want to start making a serious effort to prepare. It would be nice to be able to get by in a crisis where the above essentials might not be available.
I won't be retiring in the conventional sense. I probably won't take many vacations, and I'll still be working - but for myself, not for society or the tax collector. On the other hand, I think I'll thoroughly enjoy it.
I'm toying mentally with the thought of blogging my efforts to become self-sustainable, but I'm not sure if I want them made public. And, with all the mistakes I'll be making, it would probably be pretty funny as well as educational to anyone else in a similar boat. What do I know about living in the country, after all? Not much... For a few years at least, I'll be a real life Oliver Wendell Douglas.
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