I've done enough experiments like this to know two things: 1) There are a lot of modern "conveniences" and practices that are actually pretty superfluous and y

I've done enough experiments like this to know two things: 1) There are a lot of modern "conveniences" and practices that are actually pretty superfluous and you can do without most of the time. 2) There are a lot of conveniences that actually make your life better, because going without them means you're devoting such a large percentage of your time to solving the problems they solved for you that you're basically just subsisting rather than living. It's like minimalist living, which I'm actually a very big fan of in theory, but which fails for me because I'm a dude who makes things. I'm drawn to nomadism and having less stuff, but how the hell you gonna build your own table unless you got tools and materials? The answer, I think, is that there are no answers that are one size fits all. If your job and your hobbies are all digital, you can get away with living out of a backpack and a messenger bag; if they aren't you probably can't. But, having said that, the experiment is always valuable for anyone, to find out what the least amount of stuff/energy/money you need to live and be happy is. A lot of the crap we spend money and natural resources on is not stuff we need or even particularly want - it's just stuff that somebody wants to sell us, which is why modern life is so fraught with irritation - everybody is trying to get us to buy their crap 24/7 by any means necessary, and it's hard not to fall for it. My rule is: never buy what you can make, never make what you can remake or upcycle, never remake what you can repair. Of course, I've spent many years learning how to do all kinds of useful things, from building electronics to tables to plumbing to gardening. That's what drives me. Most people lose their shit if their phone battery stops working, but they're tapped into stuff I have no idea about. Intentionality is the key. Be like the Amish: don't reject technology or convenience or the grid, but make a conscious evaluation of what bits of it work for you and what bits you don't need or want. Maybe you're the kind of person who doesn't need to plug in your oven because you're rich enough or lazy enough to order every meal. It's not a direction I'd go in, personally, but if that's your thing, I guess, do it - just do it by conscious choice, accepting the responsibility of the consequences, rather than by default.