Getting off the grid and living a simple life isn't that difficult. It just takes planning.Buying the right piece of land with good southern exposure for crops and solar power and solar hot water.A small creek for a water source for drinking and driving a small turbine generator.Enough batteries hooked up to the grid for the lean times.Good timber about about 10" to 14" for a log house.A lot of people have done it. It just takes some planning.