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>was 21 when the 2008 recession/depression hit
>lost my $45k a year wagie job at a telecom company
>ventured 10 acres I’d bought
>spend a month building a cabin from reclaimed barn wood and odds and ends from a local sawmill
>guy at the sawmill charged me a minor fee to drill a well
>literally went full mountain man and ate rabbit, chicken eggs, beans, rice, and shit from my terrible garden for a year
>literally no power except an inverter in my pickup
>managed to work part time as a handyman for some money to keep myself going
>shot a deer and ate it
>shot a possum and ate it
>read books and magazines during the super cold
>during the hot and humid times I spent my evening in my wash tub in an effort to cool off
>literally lost 50 pounds and didn’t build much muscle
>woke up after 15 months and said fuck this
Maybe if I had a wife back then to help it would’ve been worth it but god damn it got boring during the winter time.
