Life Condensed

Before I even knew what “off-grid” meant, I was living it at age 13.

It all started with my parents and their dream to sail around the world on a small sailboat. When the time came, I was pulled out of school and thrust into what felt like the adventure of a lifetime. Little did I know, my parents’ decision to sail the high seas would not only shape the trajectory of my life but also fundamentally alter my perspective on mainstream living.

Those years were more than just a journey across the high seas, they were a masterclass in self-reliance, simplicity, and questioning the status quo. By the time I hit my late teens, I was already deeply programmed to live differently and to seek more than what a conventional life offered. (Also, I can tie a mean bowline knot. Party trick, anyone?)

A brief stint in the French Foreign Legion and twenty years of travel and nomadic off-grid living taught me one thing: I could never settle for mundane or ordinary. (Turns out, I’m allergic to monotony.)

Enter the Matrix… let me rant for a moment.

I tried the normie lifestyle for several years. I even had the white picket fence and a mini-mansion in a fancy gated residence. (Cue the American Dream soundtrack.) I worked because I had to. I worked to pay bills, to buy shiny stuff I didn’t need, to pay off debt, to buy fuel so I could drive to work, only to come home, sleep, and do it all over again. Sound familiar? It’s a cycle that feels less like living and more like spinning in a hamster wheel… frantic and going nowhere fast.

I’m done with mainstream media and the so-called “news” outlets pumping out propaganda 24/7. I’m done with the constant barrage of advertising staring at me everywhere I go. (Yes, I see you, targeted ads. No, I don’t need another pair of socks.) I’m done with rules and regulations, done with the degeneracy pushed at every corner. I am done with mainstream living… been there, done that, got the overpriced T-shirt. It never felt fulfilling in any way. I think it’s safe to say I’m done with the hamster wheel. (Adios, zombies.)

So, what’s next?

The future is unwritten. I’m taking it one day at a time, but one thing’s for sure: I’m choosing freedom over conformity and living over merely existing.

Join me. (Bring snacks it’s more fun that way.)