Making A Break

Coming from a very urban area, one concern had been what culture shock there could be moving someplace very rural to homestead. There are many conveniences that spoil you. Don’t want to grocery shop? Publix has online shopping and delivery in a few hours. Don’t want to cook? There is just about any type of food available at restaurants within a few miles of home. Don’t want to pick up? Uber Eats, Door Dash or others will bring it to you. Shopping? Target will deliver in a few hours and just about anything on Amazon is next day.

We have tried cutting back on all those conveniences and it was tough. They are addictive. We wound up with them creeping back in to our lives within weeks. So could we REALLY live without? Being away for a week isn’t a REAL test.

Then one of our dogs got sick. Very sick. In a pet ER for weeks and told she would not make it level sick. Luckily Glory beat all the odds and is fine. Unluckily those services are very expensive. Shockingly expensive. With credit cards run up we had to cut back drastically on all those conveniences.

A few months passed. We had not eaten out or had delivery. Turns out it wasn’t hard to make a break when you were forced to. As we were starting to get ready for a trip up to the homestead I looked at my wife and said “You know, it’s almost like the last few months have prepared us for not having Uber Eats and dining out all the time.” She agreed. The last two trips we have stayed on the property and worked. We didn’t feel the need to get out and away as much.

So for anybody wondering if you could make the switch from urban to rural, you can.