It’s good to be out enjoying nature, often does wonders for your psychological well being. As a very tech-centric person, I intentionally moved to a more rural area with excellent outdoor amenities to enable me to do so frequently. It helps, but doesn’t necessarily solve all problems in my case. More like a critical piece of the puzzle.

I’ve been researching and planning a “forever home” in this area with my partner for a few years now, so I can share some thoughts I have about this based on my read of your situation. As a caveat though, I haven’t done it yet - still planning.

Try not to underestimate how much work it will be. You will need the necessities, food and shelter as you pointed out, but also some form of income because it will cost some money to build out new things and do what you need to do (clothes, utilities for internet, electric and plumbing, equipment for farming food forest, fencing to manage wildlife and protect your crops, chicken coop, etc etc). Are you planning to build a shelter, or live out of a van? I assume the latter because of your use of the term “caravan,” but it isn’t quite clear. If you’re doing a van, realize that a decent one can be quite expensive. Like over $120k expensive. You can definitely get creative with stuff like a used U-Haul or something to save money, but if this is going to be your home for the foreseeable future, you need to be comfortable in it. There are a ton of great content creators on YouTube and whatnot with ideas here, so do your research to know what you’re getting into. For me a van won’t work because I can’t do cramped spaces for extended periods, but if you can the mobility benefits would be pretty awesome.

Speaking of - would you be comfortable living in such a cramped space? Usually you’ll have like a single cooktop and maybe 2-3’ of counter space for your “kitchen” in one of these setups. Would that be enough room to prepare all the wonderful food you want to grow in your food forest? People often do a sawdust bucket for a mobile bathroom solution in these vans. Is that something you’d be comfortable with until you can build an outhouse on your land?

It’s a deep topic, plenty more to consider but I think the above points are a good place to start. Tl;dr: really take the time to research and plan out what will work for you. Recognizing where you are now isn’t working is a great first step to build up motivation to act and change things, just make sure you look before you leap =]

Probably the same ones who paid for it all the way back in 1987, when their tax rates were 42.5%. They’re now half that, where did all that money go?

Or, and hear me out…Why not just tax their earnings, like a non dipshit?

Sorry, don’t know where to find PDFs on this matter, but I have a couple of good YouTube videos for you instead. If your colleague is deaf they can use CC on these.

Pro Setup: https://youtu.be/SROtDjwGFO0?si=8t8j7MN0BJmSEELw

Beginner method: https://youtu.be/nxTzuasQLFo?si=ARfBDFMC1ufyOndD

Something in between: https://youtu.be/EgJwwUKSTNw?si=IQMLQRNxLJvM61cm

Good luck!