5 reasons your off-grid dream will FAIL

Failure is an option! Living off grid, building a cabin or a homestead, rehabbing forgotten properties- it takes a TON of work and sacrifice! BUT.... it's worth the ride.

Hopefully this video will help bring some perspective and encouragement to you!

Get up and go for your dream- MAKE IT HAPPEN and figure it out! It's in you. You CAN do it if you want it bad enough!

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[plainjane]

I'm 76, last year bought 22 acres. So far put up a barn, granary, chicken coop, cabin, pond. House due to break ground in spring. Debt free. Get up early every day, never quit, fight through the many problems, but live in peace, grace and harmony w nature. Driving a well is now my biggest challenge, due to my age diminished strength and fighting the constant water laden, muddy soil is a close second. Never been happier!

[jamesrutter]

My wife lives in a wheel chair and her chair 24/7, but you make her days brighter, she watches your videos every night, she feels so alive and she feels like she is with you on every video, if ya can, please say hi to my wife Diana, would mean so much to her as you are her favorite girl, keep bringing the sunshine to a girl who will never walk again, you are her legs. thanks Brooks.

[wesleysullivan]

I bought 4 acres and built my own cabin debt free. But it is NOT easy. Good luck to everyone with this dream. Definitely learn by doing, I had never built something before my cabin

[ebony]

I did it 6 yrs ago and boy was I scared! Everytime I felt overwhelmed I asked God to point me in the right direction, and EVERY TIME He did! I'm at my cabin right now. It's where I am most happy!

[TwistedPixie]

You are truly right, Brooke. I lost the use of my legs in 2014. Was in a wheelchair and had been told I'd never walk again. After 2 years, lots of PT, and a hate for that chair, I'm walking. Had been convinced by my husband, I couldn't make it on my own. He passed at 55 last February. I tried to go with him. Apparently, that didn't work lol. Figured I was here for a reason, and it was time to fight!! In the last year, I have made it on my own with no family and one friend. I put a garden in and have a pantry full of canned goods, most of which I've never made before. I figured out a way to do everything. You CAN do it if you want it bad enough. It's amazing what you can accomplish if you just take a deep breath and try. What's the worst that can happen? You'll never know and be full of regrets, or you'll have one hell of a story to tell when you're old!!

[jamesdeluca]

Bought 2.5 acres, cleared a spot, building a cabin all alone, no loans, money once a month, started building foundation in, floor in and insulated, built 2 walls

[j.l.]

Thanks to you and Dave, the wife and I are doing it. Second winter in 24 foot camper.
Wouldn't trade this experience for anything.
Thanks for the ideas.

[hotpuppy]

My great aunt Rose, born in 1865, moved to Oregon with her brother and homesteaded. Built their own little cabin, gardened and had chickens. BUT, when she was born, she grew up with it, but it is still amazing that she did it and stayed there for 20 years until her brother died. She died at 101 in 1967.

[hollandspinehaven]

We took the plunge 8 years ago.. we did it debt free and we put in solar... no regrets...we are now in our early 60s and loving the peace of living deep in the woods...

[annettec]

We got a salvage 1900’s house at an Dept of transportation auction for $651. Many new roads were built in 1980s. We hired a house mover to set up house in the county on property we already owned.

It doesn’t have to be a new log cabin.

[melissasmess]

I started with a 5th wheel, bought a tractor to help here, found land with well and power, will start cleaning up cleared trees and planning home construction. It's been 12 years since I started. Slow and steady wins the race!

[BackyardRebel]

Ah, yes. #5. I've tried to ease the family into it. Had goats and chickens and started to garden. Kids loved playing with the livestock but when it came down to taking care of the animals I was on my own. Ended up selling the animals because I just couldn't do it all on my own AND homeschool AND cook the meals AND prune the fruit trees AND pick/preserve the apples...Starts feeling like I'm the Little Red Hen with all I have to do and nobody willing to help. lol. Going off grid truly is something that you need all-hands-on-deck to be successful.

[MountainMariner]

9 years I’ve been living in very remote interior Alaska. No roads, no neighbors. Population 1. Great pointers for those that aspire to live off grid in this video. Low motivated or lazy, don’t even waste your time…

[whiteroses]

You're telling it like it is, Brooke. You're so full of wisdom! Your advice is not just for living off grid, it's meant for life's challenges. Helping one another is a good thing, and there are good people out there. But then you have the lazy folks who expect you to do everything for them. Wishing and dreaming all day, ain't gonna' cut it! I'm gonna' build me a garden box! LOL! God bless you and Dave.

[franmartinez]

I would love to meet someone who loves this kinda life style...I would love to have a little cabin in the woods, a fire place going... my dogs running around...that to me would be a happy life. Maybe one day I'll meet that other half. Love watching your videos with your two dogs!
Very peaceful. 💓

[trish]

I cried😢 #5 is me. I have wasted my best years feeling like I have to take care of husband who has never supported my dreams. I have had happiness, but not much peace and joy.
I am 60. Health issues. But I have money and I am breaking free next year. Been looking at properties online, been traveling and camping during summers in my truck.
Its time. 🙏

[berakha]

You’re an inspiration to me Brook! I’ve dreamed of living off-grid my entire adult life, but had to raise the kids first, as I was homeschooling them. That was my dream too. So, everything in its proper time. They’re graduated now, and I wouldn’t trade the precious time we spent together.❤Being patient with the process of life is where peace is found. I’ve been making my plans for years on this next chapter, but will be doing it alone and while managing daily life with a disabled adult son. I’m scared but also excited! I never planned on building my dream homestead as a single adult, but that’s what life’s handed me. Surely God will be my spouse! I’m working on getting the income piece in place so I can work from home while being a caregiver, but continue planning my off-grid dreams in the interim. Hopefully soon.🙏🏻

[ingridlouiseralston]

Thank you Brooke. You and Dave are such an inspiration. At 55, I am alone working towards full time in my woods. I have worked through chronic health issues and then a stroke, but I keep moving forward slowly and relatively debt free.

[aarde]

Wauw, Brooke. Lots of people don't have a house or car to sell, or things of worth to sacrifice. Maybe they cannot work two or three jobs for whatever reason. First peace of this video is for the fairly spoiled ones amongst us.... A small peace of land here costs at least 200.000 euro, without a permit to build. It is not always possible even if you've worked very hard all your life. I had years of bushcraft and survival training, and I've lived off grid for two years on the run for a violent ex-husband, with children and many animals, so I'm sure I could do it, if I had the chance, but it's not possible for me to buy land and needed materials.

[dianeguimond]

Great advice! We took the leap in 2020, lived in a camper while we built our off-grid cabin home.
It took planning, perseverance and perspiration to make it a reality.
Take care, blessings to you and yours.