Has anyone thought about dropping out of society, I’m considering disappearing to try an live a simple life.
How would somebody disappear in the modern world?
what steps would you need to take make it successful?
Has anyone thought about dropping out of society, I’m considering disappearing to try an live a simple life.
How would somebody disappear in the modern world?
what steps would you need to take make it successful?
I'm fantasising about it too.
As a kld it was an underground place like in Gummibears. One I dug out myself.
Now it's more refined idea: buy 1ha land in a forest, at least 10km from nearest habitation, put 2m fence with barbed wire around, build shack, dig a ditch for broadband cable, order everything online, shoot people entering your land on sight, live happily ever after, I reckon it would have to be Canada or Alaska, and I love cold, and snow.
It’s mostly a question of money. If you have enough you could buy a house in the middle of nowhere, have everything you need delivered. Weather you could cope with it psycologicaly I don’t know but with enough money near total withdrawal from society is very doable. So long as you pay your bills and taxes online few will bother you.
My other dream escape plan (again if not limited by injury) would be to simply pack my tent and hiking pack and head off- take on a temporary job when i run out of money, then just keep going- I met someone that walked from Paris to the Sahara desert in this manner- apparently it’s doable
Yep - I think about that too- I even had a crazy escape plan that I was quite serious about ... I wanted to train as a hiking guide ... but then injury ruined all of it... and I haven’t hiked since. Hiking for me is an escape. Ideally somewhere without much service. I do like meeting people on hikes- I’ve connected extremely well with people in mountain huts- for me hiking is freedom. I used to go on backpacking trips each year before injury- My favourite was the GR20 in Corsica- stunning landscapes, extremely isolated (huts mostly get food via mule or helicopter), barely any service, lovely people- I had the time of my life
but escape plans can actually happen! My aunt did it! She moved to Portugal to the sea, now gives massages to earn a living and has completely changed her life- many of her friends and familyback home were so negative about it ... I don’t understand why- I think it is amazing she went with what made her happy - though she was lucky as she is able to put her job on hold for 3 years so she knows if it doesn’t work out she could come back to her old job at least for first 3 years...
i hope more escape/disappearing plans happen for all of us
I dont know about completely dropping out but I have decided lately to opt out of modern society as much as possible. Just everything society tells us we need we dont actually need and Im starting to realise that
Planning to grow vegetables in my garden this year and make my own jam and cheese etc. Wont be the full Good Life but want to be as self sufficent as possible
I think having as little social media as possible would certainly help live a simple life and not feel to much part of society maybe. And not having too much technology in life in general
Dropping out and disappearing completely might be hard though. I hope you stay on the forum at least!
https://youtu.be/Y28oII_G688 Leave no trace
Is it my autistic literalism that makes me think one could hardly disappear with a van? It would need fuel and maintenance, and has to be registered and taxed and you have to have a licence and insurance.
Unless you mean an old fashioned gypsy caravan with a horse - that would be cool!
Depends how much you want to totally disappear and how simple you mean. I think it would be hard to do here, but there are still parts of the world where one could go native and possibly live out a whole life without being found or having to do money and taxes and forms. Probably couldn't access health care though.
I fantasise about it sometimes (my wife and I joke about keeping goats in the country), but I don't think I could really go through with it for a lot of different reasons.
