Looking To Get Off The Grid For Awhile? Then Take A Tip From This Couple Who Live On A Floating Island

It’s crazy to think of all the accessible luxuries we have at our disposal every day. It’s easy to lose sight of how lucky we are to have the option to take a hot shower every morning, or read under a lamp at night, because we’ve never had to live without it. The state of panic that often ensues whenever the power goes out at home is a good way to bring this idea into perspective. People will start frantically rummaging around in the dark looking for candles and batteries, while realizing they should’ve stocked up at the grocery store on non-perishables in case the power outage lasts longer than usual.

Can you imagine how it would feel to live completely off the grid all the time? No public utilities, no running water, nothing but what you acquire or produce yourself. As you might expect, it takes quite a bit of hard work and dedication, not to mention ingenuity. You can’t exactly come up with a plan and execute it within the day! In fact, if you take the couple depicted in the photo collection below as an example, it could taketwenty years of prep before successfully living an off the grid lifestyle. Twenty years will almost seems worth it when you see just well they’re making it work…