I want to get my hands dirty

I'm finally feeling a little more interesting again. I'm kidding. But we've been at this waiting point for a while now without anything really new going on and when you add that to weeks of rain it's kind of like.... Blah.

We've been filling our time watching Alaska shows like Building Alaska, and Life Below Zero. While we would rather go out and live life- we're just waiting to get our car on the Ferry. Come on June 1st! But it has kind of had us wondering what kind of lifestyle we could see ourselves living in the future. We are so anti the rat race- 9 to 5 lifestyle of working to live in a house that you are never home for to just pay the mortgage. We've talked about buying property, building, possibly something along the lines of homesteading. Would we/could we do off the grid living? I've gone as far to ask myself "could you live without plumbing?" We are still undecided. And I think we'll know a few more of those answers after a summer of camping on the roof of the car- because there is no plumbing in that situation!

But past the idea of would we want to- if we did, how would we learn how to do it all? Research. Trial and error. Ask around. Yes- of course, all of the above. But we've also come up with a more off the beaten path plan as well. I started looking into some workstays over the past few days. What is a workstay? You basically volunteer your time to helping out any way the host seems fit in exchange for room and board. Generally for at least a few weeks at a time. Every situation is a bit difference of course. There are a few areas that we kind of have our radar on right now. I think I found one that sounds perfect that is off-grid that we can get some gardening and greenhouse experience. I absolutely love this idea. There are a ton of things that I have no idea how to do. Volunteer a few weeks of my time and learn some valuable skills. We get to see what it really takes to get where we are thinking we want to be. Let an expert tell us exactly what to do- while we help them out. I feel like there isn't enough of this in the world today. We have turned into an every man for himself kind of society. And it doesn't have to be like that. You just have to be able to be a little creative and chase your dreams. I can't wait to share how the experience goes!

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