[Alumnus]

Rural, with much virginal nature. Low-tech. Wisdom, intelligence, and duty guided honor, honesty, openness, and pro-active information sharing, for efficient and successful socialization.

[Anonymous]

I agree completely with Faustus, homesteading and simpler country life are two different things. Plus children growing up should be away from technology as much as possible. Like the smart phones, and tablets, etc.

My home in the high desert used to be very nice and peaceful full of nature and good country people. That was over 15 years ago though, now it is full of ex convicts, far left, and lots of homeless people and businesses.

[Kublatginsburg]

To be able to go back to my family’s old farm in East Prussia and farm once more, there is nothing else that I would rather do if I could have a calm life than that. A wife, 3 children, land that has been passed down since the 7 years war, and security.

[Anonymous]

Yes it’s important to remove your family as much as possible from technology – especially anything that has an influence over the kids. Also ‘convenience’ items that aren’t really a convenience, like processed or fast foods, electronic gizmos that don’t even have a real use case, technological advancements that obfuscate the functioning of the device while adding little value (for example car ‘features’ that make it difficult to work on the car yourself).

The notion of ‘progress’ is heinous itself, and the mental association of technology = progress is doubly vile.

[ItsNatural]

@Geva Perfect thoughts, Geva. You are very smart. I just wish more people were as keen as us. I was trying to tell my neighbor the reasons on why not to get the vaccine. That this was a perfect time for all of us to rebel against technology and ((their)) forced edicts on us. I preach same thing to others. I just wish they could see it without being awakened from someone else. Yes, leave the technology in the dust and return the ways of our ancestors.

[Anonymous]

To me it includes all of the above and also the tuning with life’s own rhythm, sunrise to sunset, season to season. Slow living, allowing yourself and your family to establish the priorities that matter to you, your kind, your survival, off grid but also off system, self reliant as much as possible from finances, health, education and yes also technology. It’s a trap, it’s a monitoring device and it’s increasingly good at it. Also,It only takes a network shutdown and you have no access to any of it. As much as possible I said cause I don-t think there a real alternative around it anymore in our modern societies but returning to the scale of our ancestors, makes all the sense.

[WhiteMan]

Yes Malg, I should have been better prepared with a written note perhaps, or at least a line to say for such a traditional woman. We locked eyes, she was interested alright, in a good way. But still in this city everyone is very cautious, because finding one like us is rare. I will write down some lines. I’ll work on it and figure out what would have caused more trust and engagement. Thanks, Malg.

[Anonymous]

Aaaw, you should have taken her e-mail address or given her yours! Please, keep us updated! I’m a city girl myself–not all city girls are leftists interested only on spending money on clothes, cosmetics and botox.

[WhiteMan]

I briefly talked with a woman recently who I ran into at a book store, who was amazing, she was interested in sewing her own dresses and cooking recipes. This was in the city of Los Angeles. I knew she was one of us, but she was very cautious. But by her interests and demeanor, she was very reserved and traditional. What woman in the city sews her own dresses from a dress pattern book, and cooks from recipes? If I meet her again, I will ask her about Homeschooling.

[Anonymous]

Living off-grid, yes!!! I’d love that! Using solar energy and maybe other types if possible.
Growing as much of our own food as possible.

Traditional community. Cleaner air, more space, less noise, a slower pace of living, no gym membership needed, instead having our own gym in the basement or in the garage.

Exactly—-making sure things work longer instead of buying a new device or gadget every year.

Trying to be less dependent on the “modern society,” mostly by growing food and using renewable energy and not wasting money on big city leisure activities.

In a church group I met a woman who quit her job at a school in a capital city, moved into the house inherited from her grandmother, started her own business (summer camps for city children, very successful), raises her own chickens, ducks, goats, horses, grows her own fruit and vegetables.
The only thing she is missing is a happy marriage—-I told her about websites like this, but after having tried the wrong dating websites she is reluctant to do that. 🙁
And the men her age in her village are all taken.

I imagine that with a loving, supportive husband and children she would be finally fully happy.

And having visited her many times, I understand why she is happy. I even started dreaming of the same lifestyle.

This type of life is not for everyone.
It’s difficult, dirty and filled with hard work. So big city princesses who want to have their hybrid manicure done twice a month and lip fillers injected several times a year, who want to go to JLD for their hair extensions regularly, and who don’t like insects and don’t know how to milk a goat—-would not be happy there. Or maybe actually after the initial period of awakening they would. 🙂

[After the Rain]

I have always been a city boy. But, with how things have gone, moving away and fighting this stuff is the right choice for now, in my opinion. I am not sure if I would like countryside life or not, but know that I like a living, breathing city and all the people, convenience, fun, and bustle of it all.

Me too. I find it much more convenient to just walk from place to place than to use a car for everything. For meeting people especially, to deal with acquaintances and to keep in touch with friends. In this sense I think the city is, paradoxically, more traditional than countryside.

For me, simple country life just means living in the country. People still have internet and phones in the country but there tends to be a more close-knit community and people ‘make do with less.’ Often because they have less money but also because they have a mentality of keeping things working as long as possible. IMO there’s less frivolous consumption in the country, whereas in the city people are consuming constantly especially ‘services’ – restaurants, entertainment, taxis/uber, shopping. Instead country people spend way more time in nature doing things that don’t cost money or are maybe a one-time investment (like a buying a four wheeler or some guns).

Interesting. It is not my experience at all, I like hearing of different experience and ways of living.
Probably doing things that cost no money varies greatly from country to country and from city to city.

[Anonymous]

You’d have to ask each person individually.

For me, simple country life just means living in the country. People still have internet and phones in the country but there tends to be a more close-knit community and people ‘make do with less.’ Often because they have less money but also because they have a mentality of keeping things working as long as possible. IMO there’s less frivolous consumption in the country, whereas in the city people are consuming constantly especially ‘services’ – restaurants, entertainment, taxis/uber, shopping. Instead country people spend way more time in nature doing things that don’t cost money or are maybe a one-time investment (like a buying a four wheeler or some guns).

Everyone living in the country already has their own well and lp tank. Electricity and phone are the only lines running to most homes. Hunting is done with firearms + ammo or with bow/arrow.

The word to describe your vision of a self-sufficient home is ‘homesteading.’ I don’t think it’s doable for the vast majority of people. Instead just focus on having some animals and a garden but you’ll still need an income to support your family.

[ItsNatural]

I have always been a city boy. But, with how things have gone, moving away and fighting this stuff is the right choice for now, in my opinion. I am not sure if I would like countryside life or not, but know that I like a living, breathing city and all the people, convenience, fun, and bustle of it all. Just right now, we all know how it has been living among traitors, etc. Not good.
After the rain, I’m one of 3 ethnicities, and Croatian is one of them and I’m most thrilled with that one. So, saying hello to another Croat. I really love what you write here in these groups AND the effort you put into them. Bravo!

[After the Rain]

Yeah Internet and cellphones are really addictive, but they are also one of the latest technology to have become widespread. 20/15 years ago most people didn’t have cellphones, and 10 years ago Internet was atrocious outside of a PC.
I try not to use my phone too much because once I do it’s like a vicious circle: so many notification to read, so many emails to answer, so many shiny luring stuff to look at… I can’t concentrate, I’d rather use a PC a couple of hours a day. My PC doesn’t fit into my pocket thankfully 🙂

So even if it’s hard to limit the use of Internet and cellphones, it’s still doable. Other appliances are not as easily avoided. A fridge and a washing machine really save time, but they cost money and are not traditional. With the use of solar panels you don’t have to worry about bills, but you still use electricity.
Growing your own food completely is super traditional, but I don’t know anyone who does that. Some family members have a big plot of land where they grow fruits, vegetables and raise chickens, but even they can’t live on what they grow. They work all day and they still have to buy some food at the supermarket. Their life is not so simple now that I think about it…

I have used “simple life” and “traditional life” as synonyms in the OP, but the more I think of it the more I am convinced they are opposites.

For hunting, how do you do it in a traditional way? Hunters I know just use modern firearms+bullets.

[Anonymous]

For me, there is definitely a focus on “getting off the grid” such as sourcing your own water, producing your own electricity, growing and hunting for your own food etc. But I think there might be a big difference from some others in that I think it’s important to take a hard look at everything we are doing in modernity and asking ourselves how we can incorporate that into what otherwise might be considered a “traditional” lifestyle. It is important to conserve, but we should also make sure we are adapting effectively to the culture around us, even if we do not necessarily consider ourselves a part of it. This might mean that we have and internet connection and cell phones but we consider how they are used, when they are turned on, where they are kept. Basically we need to start establishing values for things that currently have no precedent, because they aren’t going away.

[After the Rain]

Browsing through the profiles here I can see a clear trend toward wanting a country life away from the city.
Lots of people have “I want to buy a piece of land and raise a family living a simple life” on their description, especially men. Seems to be a common preference among both Pagans and Christians.

I have some acquaintances and a couple of relatives living in the countryside, their lives are quite similar to those of people in the cities. Maybe they have to use the car more often and the commute is longer, but otherwise they are the same. Since I don’t have many examples IRL, I was wondering if “simple life” meant life without electricity and appliances?

I am sure many of you are familiar with Varg Vikernes and Marie Cachet and their life almost without electricity, no bathtub, no warm water, no washing machine, no flush toilet etc. They were considering digging a well to ditch running water at some point. I don’t think they ditched the gas stove for cooking, but I may be wrong.
They do many other peculiar things, but I wanted to focus on their lifestyle and I was curious if that’s the kind of traditional life you guys want to have.

So, what does a simple life mean to you?

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