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I find as the months and years go by I no longer want to participate in this society’s way of life.

Wow, exactly how I feel. I am newly retired and have pretty much stopped participating. Other than this forum and a couple of others, I just do my own thing. Live in the boonies, wood heat, no cable, make things and sell them if I need more money.

"Wow, exactly how I feel. I am newly retired and have pretty much stopped participating. Other than this forum and a couple of others, I just do my own thing. Live in the boonies, wood heat, no cable, make things and sell them if I need more money."

It probably won't be long before they come after your wood heat. Wood furnaces are already being banned in some places. In fact, I would not be surprised if rural living is banned someday, on the grounds that it is a luxury incompatible with the fight against global warming, or some such rationale. The planners want to eventually force everyone (except the ruling elite, of course) into high density urban areas close to mass transit. In fact, it's already happening.

Yep.

I sort of have experience with this when I was younger at my grandma’s fishing camp in slidell, la.

only heat was a wood burning stove or the bonfire out back. Shower was a cold water hose hooked up to an metal portable shower head. Food was caught from the water.

As a kid I thought that was boring sometimes, but as an adult I sort of look back on that longingly.

Simplicity.

For me the best sort of happiness is time spent with dogs. It has come down to a point where I like dogs a lot better than I like people, so I spend more time with them.

Other than that I love walking, going to the beach and swimming, bike riding and a few other very simple activities.

I don’t need a yacht or a mansion or a sports car. I don’t need a trophy wife or power over others or a vast, personal fortune.

Freedom is being able to do what you love, and happiness is loving what you do. That is where I want to be on this earth. If I cannot have that, then I’ll be ready to leave.