Learned my lesson. Will never do that again even though my boss’s boss told me to.
I’m officially quiet quitting and changed my LinkedIn to Open To Work, because fuck this job. The market sucks though so I’ll have to just fly under the radar for a few months until something better pops up.
I hate the fact that I have to work, and I’m just saving up enough money till I can get to the point where I can get some land and be self-sufficient on it.
Three years in and our ‘self-sufficiency’ is limited to about 3 weeks of food per year if we relied on our own garden/forest 100% of the time for those 3 weeks. We don’t do that, but instead supplement with the garden and forest and learn more each year about what does well in our little spot.
I don’t say this to dissuade - but to make sure you set proper expectations. Self-sufficiency, even just for food, is a decade-long endeavor where you almost certainly will have to work some kind of job or have some income in the meantime.
I understand that. I think I just want to get to a point where my expenses are low enough I can work remote part time, live off of my savings, or get some side income from selling my art without it becoming a hustle.
I’d maybe grow just a bit to supplement my groceries. Maybe, chickens, lentils, potatoes, and kale or something. Just enough so I’m not completely dependent on inflating necessities.