#622: How to Simplify Your Life and Get Off the Grid

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Many dream of leaving the city and all its tethers and obligations and creating a simpler, more independent life farther from the mainstream population and entirely off the grid. But how do you go from that daydream to making such a move a reality? My guest walks us through the process today. His name is Gary Collins, he made the leap himself and now lives off the grid in Northeast Washington, and he's the author of several books on off grid living as well as simplifying your life. We begin our conversation today with why Gary decided to leave his conventional, urban, 9-5 existence to find a freer lifestyle, and how he defines being off the grid. We then get into why Gary thinks you should make the move to living off the grid in a series of steps, the first of which is to simplify your existing life in three main ways. Gary then makes the case for why living in a RV should be the next step in your journey, before discussing the process of finding land for your off grid home, and the factors to consider in picking a locale. From there we get into how those who live off the grid take care of water, sewage, power, and internet, how they construct the house itself, and what to know about the start-up costs involved. We end our conversation with a discussion of getting off the grid in a more metaphorical way by quitting social media, and why Gary thinks you should pull the plug on those platforms, even if you're an entrepreneur. Get the show notes at aom.is/offgrid.

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0:00.0	The Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:10.9	Many dream of leaving the city in all of its tethers and obligations and creating a simpler,
0:14.8	more independent life farther from the mainstream population and entirely off the grid.
0:19.1	But how do you go from that daydream to making such a move a reality?
0:22.5	Well my guest walks us through the process today.
0:24.5	His name is Gary Collins.
0:25.9	He's made the leap himself and now lives off the grid in Northeast Washington.
0:29.3	He's also the author several books on off the grid living as well as simplifying your life.
0:33.0	We'll be in our conversation today with why Gary decided to leave his conventional urban
0:36.5	9-5 existence to find a freer lifestyle and how he defines being off the grid.
0:41.1	We then get into why Gary thinks she should make the move to living off the grid in a
0:44.4	series of steps, the first of which is to simplify your existing life in three main ways.
0:49.1	Gary then makes the case for why living in an RV should be the next step in your journey
0:52.6	before discussing the process of finding land for your off-grid home and the factors to consider
0:57.0	and picking a locale.
0:58.2	From there we get into how those who live off the grid take care of things like water,
1:01.6	sewage, power, and internet, how they construct the house itself and what to know about the
1:05.2	start of cost and ball.
1:06.5	And we enter a conversation with a discussion of getting off the grid in a more metaphorical
1:09.9	way by quitting social media, why Gary thinks she should pull the plug on these platforms
1:14.5	even if you're an entrepreneur.
1:16.1	After the show's over check out our show notes at aewim.ias slash off-grid.
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