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My Side of the Mountain - this was basically my ideal personality as a kid - independent and self sufficient, able to build anything I need and live off the lan
by csours 4y ago
My Side of the Mountain - this was basically my ideal personality as a kid - independent and self sufficient, able to build anything I need and live off the land. My point of view is significantly different now, but I still dream of a life like this.
- steve_adams_86 4y agoI read this one at least 5 times. I was totally pulled away by it. I’d take my fishing rod to the lake and fantasize about what I’d read and imagine adventures just like it.
- mod 4y agoI never heard of this book as a kid, or I would have devoured it. Hatchet and Where the Red Fern Grows were my favorite books. And The Forest Runners series. I still bought it when I heard about it as an adult. I'll read it soon. But I followed through. I bought a 40-acre homestead I'm working on. I'm the last place on a long dirt road, up a mountain in the Ozarks. It's a great time to chase that dream; you can WFH in remote areas, and not have to rely on savings or trying to make the place profitable. "Enough" isn't that much, depending on your comfort zone.