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Idea 1 – Less Reliance<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned from my parents, it\u2019s to appreciate the little things and to rely on yourself sometimes, even if that means making life a little bit harder – let me explain. I grew up in a house in the middle the woods. Our neighbors are each at least a half mile away, and the silence at times can be deafening. We have terrible cell service. Internet and cable companies don\u2019t provide service to us because of our rural location, and it\u2019s a 15 minute ride to the grocery store. <\/span><\/p>\n

This location isn\u2019t ideal for many people. But among the few that feel that this is the perfect location, my parents are two of them. They built their home, which I fortunately got to grow up in, on their own (with the help of some friends) 28 years ago and have since been doing small but effective things to lessen their reliance on others. They each do their own part to grow food in the garden, cut wood from our property to heat our house (our primary and only source for heat up until 2016 has been wood), raise chickens for eggs, pickle and can food the winter, and collect and boil sap to make maple syrup. Obviously, we aren\u2019t homesteaders or totally self sufficient, for we as a family still are very much relying on others, technology, modern-society institutions and systems etc. However, what has inspired me – more so in recent years – is the fact that even though it might be easier to buy all our food at the grocery store, install heaters that run on natural gas or oil, and be closer to the center of town, my parents have deliberately chosen not to do so. They believe that even if it makes life a bit harder, it makes it richer and certainly more lively. I plan to capture these kinds of activities and show that it indeed does make life richer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The audience for this narrative are people who are interested in self-reliance, homesteading, or long for a more “back to the land” life, as well as my family and friends.<\/p>\n