[Barred-Rock-or-Brahma]

One thing I do is borrow soil from my raised beds and fill sandbags to keep flood water out of my house and garage.

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Physical and spiritual fitness, and mental resilience.

We can enslave ourselves more completely than any external factors ever could.

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Right now I’m investing in myself. John Willis from SOE said something powerful recently regarding how to best invest $10,000. When asked, his response was was that if you only have $10k to invest in the market or in a business, then you don’t have enough. He said you need $50k minimum. John recommended taking that $10k and investing it in yourself to learn the skills necessary to earn the $50k. That dude blew my mind.

I’m actually not even interested in earning or investing money (the main appeal of permaculture for me is living a self reliant, self sustaining lifestyle that minimizes the necessity of external inputs), but I am very interested in learning skills and saving money.

So far, I’m expecting an approximately 10:1 ROI when I look at what I’ve spent learning, and what I’ll save now that I know what I know!

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Insoles. I’m only in my mid-thirties, but after 18 years of rucking and jumping out of various aircraft, I can go about 48 hours without insoles before my lower back completely gives out.

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I can 100% confirm the 3rd party technique. The number of times that my wife has adopted a viewpoint that she read on reddit after disagreeing with me about it for years is mindblowing. In fairness, I’ve seen the sense in some of her positions after hearing them argued by a third party as well.

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When I did my napkin math, I broke down the monthly cost of replacing an entire $54k system every 10 and every 25 years ($450 and $180 p/mo). Only changing out the batteries and pannels is significantly less expensive.

If you have 10 batteries that last an average of 17.5 years at $2,500 per, then they cost about $120 per month. Your 10.5kW worth of panels cost a bit under $3,000, and assuming they last an average of 27.5 years, will end up running you less than $10 per month.

So even thought the initial investment looks like a lot of money, when broken down by month and compared to me depending on grid power that could be taken away or double in price at any time, you’re paying much less than I am.

Thanks for the video. I’d still prefer to live where I can have a natural gas well on my property, but I guess solar might be an option if that doesn’t work out.

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If you’re going to do that, make sure to pick up a few skin staple removers as well. I learned that one the hard way.

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https://youtu.be/t3g8P2GLkfchttps://youtu.be/t3g8P2GLkfc

Great video, and your setup looks great too. How long do you expect those batteries and panels to last? Freedom is priceless, but replacing that stuff every 10 years vs every 25 years is definitely a planning/budgeting consideration for me.