One thing I learned a long time ago was you don't need to make much more than you want to spend. Spending like Jennifer would prefer requires a lot of income, but is unnecessary.
I've been jobless for 20 years (officially, I'm "discouraged"), which doesn't mean no income, built a house that self-heats and self-cools. No mortgage, I built it as we could pay for it. We grow a large part of what we want to eat and shoot much of the remainder on our land.
My plan for electric self-sufficiency is in the works, but does not entail large expense. I've accumulated most of the hardware already, used. Buying all this new would make it prohibitively expensive in my eye, but with care one can avoid that. There are several choices available how to do that, mine is micro-hydro.
Awhile back I knew a Vermont woman on a homestead forum who was living on SS disability. She still managed to assemble her homestead and eat well.
As David is aware, my place here was assembled without family money. All that is required is desire, and creativity.
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