leaving the rat race behind!

[UncleCook81]

My wife and I have decided to drop out of the rat race and return to our roots. We have acquired about 30 acres in a rural area where we want to put down those roots. We know it won't be easy, my father always told me "rarely do the things in life worth doing come easy" However I want to trade this crazy suburban/city life of consumerism for the hard work and self sufficiency of growing our own food and making our own way. I want to mark my day with blisters and sweat rather than junk and debt. This site seems to have some very good information and a good since of community I will most likely need all the advice I can get. Cheers and Happy New Year!

Uncle Cook

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[two_bit_score]

Welcome to TBN. Good luck on your new endeavor!

 

[DIRTROAD]

Good Luck!!! That is my ultimate goal also.

 

[Billys Goat]

Greetings Uncle Cook. My wife and I sold our 5 bedroom 3 bathroom home with a big note at a loss in 2009 and picked up a wreck of a house on 27 acres a little over 2 years ago, the appraisal subtracted $5600.00 from the property value to demolish the house but we decided to save it and we are glad we did. After replacing 40' of beam, 32 floor joists and a complete gut and remodel our old farm house is habitable and nearly complete. After the first of the year I'll pick up our Kioti DK55 Utility Tractor and start working our land. My wife ended her corporate employment last July, we will continue with our home based service business as long as it suits us and/or until we attain self sufficiency. I look forward to hearing about your trials and tribulations and to sharing details of our endeavor.

 

[bironacad]

Welcome!

My father left the city after a heart attack put him on the shelf and he was convinced that it saved his life and after living there for awhile said that he wished he had done it sooner, even if it meant being poorer, go figure.

Best of luck!

 

[Thomas]

Welcome,and fingers cross pulling hard for you both.

 

[rekees4300]

Uncle Cook welcome to TBN. It would prudent to do your urban-to-rural conversion in small, gradual steps. As they say "don't quit your day job". Rural living can be a challenging, humbling experience. Don't be naive and plunge into a situation that could ruin you financially and emotionally before you KNOW it's what you want.

 

[creekbend]

Welcome aboard. Best of Luck.

 

[Billys Goat]

Sound advice rekees4300, we paid our way with my wifes corporate employment for a couple of years with a daily round trip commute of 160 miles and we continue with our service business. We are into $100,000+ cash now and increasing...