Lisnaholic

Yes, I'm surprised too that Batlord is the member to voice such yearnings as these. Everybody with any spirit has imagined this kind of escape I suspect, but the statistics aren't very promising. After all, things did not go well for the Into The Wild guy. Basically, the hermit life is miserable, imo, even before you get sick or have an accident, at which point it turns into hell.

Communes also have a pretty high failure rate: long ago I read a compendium about American communes from about 1850 to the hippy era and every one, sad to say, succumbed to one or more of the following:-
+ economic hardship
+ leaders going off the rails and becoming abusive
+ internecine rivalries and factional disputes

Sorry to pour cold water on an idealistic scheme, but if u want my advice, I'd suggest you take a holiday in which you can at least experiment with some of the things you have in mind before making any kind of commitment. This guy, for example, did a Mondo and went on the bum in his college vacations:-

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