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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      5/ Use that money to get yourself financially squared away. Google "Dave Ramsay", pay off your debt, learn good spending habits. And then start acquiring skills. Community ed and votech high schools have programs. I learned blacksmithing and welding that way.

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      6/ If you rent a house, or a room in a house, maybe start a garden. Practice tiny things. Read books on your new hobby. Develop opinions on square foot gardening, fertilizers, etc Stockpile books. Spend a fraction of your salary on tools. Get a cheap Harbor Freight toolbox

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      7/ and start picking up basic hand tools like hammers, levels, screwdrivers, a dill, drill bits. Maybe find a local "maker space" and practice your welding, build a table. Spend the first few year after college doing this, hooking up w the local community gardening group.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      8/ Your 20s are a time of minimal skills, minimal income, minimal options. It sucks, but that's how it was for me, and that's how it is for most of you too. Ever watch a rocket launch? Acceleration is more or less constant, but it starts at a speed of zero.

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      9/ Your first 5 to 10 years aren't going to get you a farm and a house and a barn and livestock and a tractor and and and and I'm sorry, but they're not. But you can accelerate from your slow start. Picking up tools is cheap (ish). Picking up skills, even cheaper.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      10/ Also, if you're an oddball, an outlier, or a weirdo, it's a LOT harder to meet people in the boonies than it is in the city or the burbs. If you're a middle-of-the-bellcurve normie, sure, in the country you can meet someone in high school or at the ("the" not "a") local bar

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      11/ ...but if you're an outlier, man, it's gonna be hard. So I am counselling that you stick close to civilization for 5 or 10 years. But these aren't wasted years - this is the acceleration stage! Learn, save, find your mate if you can. Then, with career established >

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      12/ ...maybe start sticking your nose further out into the country a decade or so after college. If you're in a position where you can work remotely, or if you can find a job w a reasonable commute, you're good to go. Start house / farm hunting.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      13/ followup question "but where, exactly?" that's up to you - no wrong answers here. Are you in the south west? Do you like it? Look there. In Michigan? Like it? Look there. It's a big wide country and every corner of it (yes, CA and NY included) has rural outback areas.

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      14/ followup "but what about the social pressure?" I find this a bit harder to answer because I've usually had a GFY attitude. I'd maybe start telling family and friends that this is your dream. Let them internalize that and get comfortable with it. That way in 5 or 10 yrs >

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

      15/ when you start to enact your plan, they won't respond with "WHERE DID THIS COME FROM !??!" but instead with "ah, great, Frank is finally acting on his dream!" Most people are supportive, if they're friends or family. But use marketing techniques and help frame it for them

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          16/ you can forward an article from the WSJ on how there's a new young white collar back-to-the-land movement or tell mom and dad about this thing you read in the NYT about professionals doing artisinal high quality food they don't have any real opinion yet, I bet help form it

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Camping Roomba

          17/ yephttps://twitter.com/ctdonath/status/1254845646844178433 …

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          Camping Roomba @ctdonath
          Replying to @MorlockP
          Your 20s are also a time of minimum obligation. You can do without, have few expectations, can move easily, live on little. Get a minimal living space near work, put money into land etc where you want.
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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Wes

          18/ I don't have any specific link, but I've read this article a half dozen times at a variety of outlets.https://twitter.com/NotWesleyWelker/status/1254846881949200386 …

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          Wes @NotWesleyWelker
          Replying to @MorlockP
          You wouldn't happen to have that WSJ article link handy?
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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          19/ "these two quirky white collar professionals gave up the rate race - he, a marketing execute, she a high powered trader at XYZ bank - for a more authentic lifestyle raising goats and selling their own artisinal goat cheese at farmers markets" this article runs over and over

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books

          20/ re meeting people and dating:https://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/1254846813166882816 …

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          J.A. Sutherland SciFi Books @JASutherlandBks
          Replying to @MorlockP
          Especially in dating. I was upfront with women that I planned to quit my job and travel in an RV full-time writing. Early and frequently, profile, emails, chat, still when it got to dinner or a real date, "But if you found the right person you'd settle in one place, right?"
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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          21/ also, I believe that there's a dating website for rural folks http://farmersonly.com  no idea what the selection is like, though

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted 𝔻𝕦𝕩 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕦𝕞

          22/ hey, dude, my pleasure also, if you've got all that - wife, house, kids- you're doing GREAThttps://twitter.com/Face_Almighty44/status/1254847981162987521 …

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          𝔻𝕦𝕩 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕦𝕞 @Face_Almighty44
          Morlock, it means a hell of a lot to hear you say this. I often feel like I wasted my 20s. Even though my path was not all my fault. Acceleration remains constant. I have a house, wife, and 2 kids. And a career?! Not a lot of capital. But - acceleration! To the stars! https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1254844585836240900 …
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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          23/ Can't emphasize enough the capital accumulation aspect. Homesteading is capital intensive. Farming - if you're born into it, have the land already, learned the skills at dad's knee - is a cut throat low margin enterprise. You are a "price taker" not a "price setter".

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          24/ and you are competing with people who have a lot of skill eeking out a living with marginal equipment, and with all the advantages of a local friend network, local reputation, local market knowledge. You can't move out here and, I dunno, start logging in competition w real

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          25/ ...loggers, and hope to use the profits ("profits") from that to bootstrap the homestead. Likewise raising corn, raising beef, etc I'm not saying that you can't get some cash flow from those activities, but that's after they're up and running with a heavy capital injection

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        12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          26/ ...and that cash flow is more going to subsidize your money-losing lifestyle (which you adopt for reasons like anti-fragility / prepping, creating a lifestyle for your children, etc.) than it is going to be a positive income stream.

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        13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          27/ So, again, my advice: establish your career in the city or burbs. Become a coder. Become an electrician. A graphic designer. A welder. THEN move that career to the country, and either work remotely, or ply your trade, if it's a TRADE trade (e.g. welding, etc) locally

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        14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          28/ OK, I've answered all the questions that OP threw at me via DM. Any other questions before I wrap up the thread and get back to writing my #homesteading_book ? Happy to share information / opinions !

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        15. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted nzc

          29/ fascinating !https://twitter.com/ngvrnd/status/1254849900422012928 …

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          nzc @ngvrnd
          Replying to @MorlockP
          there’s a podcast called “farm to taber” where in one episode she makes the point that family farms have never been a good bet and there were factory farms more or less all the way back to Roman times. here tis: https://www.farmtotaber.com/episodes/2018/6/1/grappling-with-our-ghosts-the-american-farm-legacy …
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        16. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Eric Richards

          30/ yep. You all know my situation: city boy on the homestead for ~ 7 years. I've got a friend in similar boat. Both of us white collar, so can throw capital in. Both of us have. HUGE capital sinks. He's got a massive 50 ton loader & big tractor >https://twitter.com/EricRichards22/status/1254850385593929730 …

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          Eric Richards @EricRichards22
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          You can kind of see this on shows like Alaska The Last Frontier. A farmstead that's been around for a generation or more has just accumulated _stuff_. There'll be implements out in the woods, and sheds packed full of odds and ends, stacks of lumber, scrap iron, junked cars, etc
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        17. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          31/ and I've been throwing similar capital in but in a different mix: smaller machines, but lots of them, and maybe more spent on land improvement (I think? not sure). I've got a tractor and maybe 15 implements. Old family farm prob has 4 tractors and 40, plus junk/scrap piles

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        18. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          32/ And there's so much stuff that's gated by either owning the right tool, or by having the wrong tool plus a welder, or by having a buddy who has the right tool and can loan it to your for a week.

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        19. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Eric Richards

          33/https://twitter.com/EricRichards22/status/1254851573127266304 …

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          Eric Richards @EricRichards22
          Replying to @EricRichards22 @MorlockP
          I was thinking about tilling up a new patch of ground for the garden, and was looking at rototillers. They aren't cheap, even on craigslist, and it's like $100/day to rent one I called my dad and he goes "Yeah, there's three or four kicking around here, I'll tune one up for ya"
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        20. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

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          34/ Yep, strongly agree. US was already moving at a steady clip towards a work-remotely job ecosystem, and covid as turbocharged that. Pick a career that allows remote work, if you can. https://twitter.com/ZeroBolusZero/status/1254851871564394497 …

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        21. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted nzc

          35/ this is an excellent point related: probably the thing that most prepared me for homesteading was ... running a 10 person ecommerce companyhttps://twitter.com/ngvrnd/status/1254852223529619458 …

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          nzc @ngvrnd
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          and also, having the drive to solve problems when you don’t want to, to learn how to do things when you know the first five tries will be failure or close, just to learn the skills, and to keep going. it’s not impossible, but you need to go in with the right expectations
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        22. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          36/ your customer support person tells you that database queries are running slower and slower, the website is becoming less responsive ...and you're the only person who knows database stuff at all...and you don't know much TOO BAD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SOMEHOW

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        23. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          37/ same energy as You slaughtered three large pigs, you butchered one, 1200 lbs of meat to go ... you slip on the ice and break your rib and now it hurts to breath, and you've got 1200 lbs of meat that will rot unless you finish butchering TOO BAD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SOMEHOW

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        24. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          38/ you cut down a tree ... and it falls backwards, hanging up on other trees. You now have a 4,000 lb "widow maker" hanging in mid air, and you don't have a winch or a block-and-tackle TOO BAD SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SOMEHOW

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        25. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          39/ You've gotta be willing to be scared out of your gourd, frustrated, angry at the situation, and kind of overwhelmed ... and still keep your crap together, buckle down, and fix the problem.

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        26. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted joshcenters.eth

          40/ Yep, good advice. Also, if you have a summer off, you can look into http://wwoofusa.org/  where you trade labor for internship learninghttps://twitter.com/jcenters/status/1254853319119515648 …

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          joshcenters.eth @jcenters
          Replying to @MorlockP
          I'd also recommend reaching out to small farmers in your community and other interest groups. There are a lot of blacksmith groups around the country that offer cheap lessons. Many farms offer "internships."
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        27. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Run more buses and trains (and nothing else)!

          41/ a b̶o̶a̶t̶ ̶ homestead is a hole in the w̶a̶t̶e̶r̶ dirt that you throw money intohttps://twitter.com/HeadwaysMatter/status/1254853485532758018 …

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          Run more buses and trains (and nothing else)! @HeadwaysMatter
          "The best way to make a million dollars in the [restaurant / farming / winery] business is to start with two million." https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1254847815513186305 …
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        28. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Inimitable Spongeworthy, a Minor Deity

          42/ yep! I've got a wide variety of 'em. Tractor, brushhog, milling machine, drill press, log splitter, hay baler, etc etc etc caveat: if you're not yet deeply mechanically skilled, you might rather buy new(ish) than save money and buying a headachehttps://twitter.com/spongeworthy2/status/1254854022118256641 …

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          Inimitable Spongeworthy, a Minor Deity @spongeworthy2
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          Second-hand tools can be a real bargain.
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        29. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

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          43/ Not only does NY have a lot of open land, but it is - for my money - the most beautiful land in the north east. If it didn't have high taxes, I'd rather homestead in the Hudson valley than here in NH. https://twitter.com/NullifiedVoice/status/1254854643173060608 …

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        30. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

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          44/ this is a good question! yes, self sufficiency is possible - that's why my wife and I homestead. We raise most of our own food (pigs, sheep, ducks, fruit trees, veggies, etc.). https://twitter.com/NullifiedVoice/status/1254855390891618305 …

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        31. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 27 Apr 2020

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Inimitable Spongeworthy, a Minor Deity

          45/ yes, absolutely, used hand tools are a win there are millions of hammers, screw drivers and socket sets that show up at flee markets and garage sales every year my favorite hand tools are the old ones, with a patina of age and good usehttps://twitter.com/spongeworthy2/status/1254855719234400256 …

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          Inimitable Spongeworthy, a Minor Deity @spongeworthy2
          Replying to @MorlockP
          Some old boy around here croaks, the bereaved widow can't get those tools out fast enough. She's taking bids at the wake! Best for saws, awls and chisels, sockets. Not the newer labor-saving stuff.
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