Main stream society today is full of obligations and ties that many people want to get away from.  Becoming self-sufficient allows you to live by your own rules and have the freedom that we all truly deserve.

Growing your own food allows you to know exactly where it’s coming from, and raising your own livestock (if you choose to eat meat) gives you the assurance that the animals were raised to your own standards.

Setting your home up with it’s own power and disconnecting from the grid takes your dependency away from the big energy companies.  Which has many long term financial and health benefits.

Also, If you put your child in public school, it might be free in dollars, but it doesn’t come without a different type of cost.  You will not have any say in what they learn, or do not learn, in school, you will have to work around a very strict schedule, and you will have to accept that your child will need to conform to the government school guidelines – whether it works for them or not.

These are just a few examples of how you give up much of your freedom when you accept what the mainstream world is offering.