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Lavinialuna

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Hello, I am new and am just popping in to say hello. I suffer severe social phobia and anxiety and struggle to find ways to cope. At the moment I rarely leave the house and almost never alone. I live in Wisconsin and have a husband and kids. My husband is an artist and I myself dabble in the arts. I dream of one day living "off the grid" and homesteading somewhere in the country where I would love to find peace and quiet.
Hope to get to know you better.
 
Graeme1988

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Hullo. :greeting: Welcome to the forum. :)

Ah definitely relate to yer situation with regards to social anxiety. So, yer not alone.
 
Psychedelicious

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Welcome to the forum! I can relate to everything you said there in your post. I have become really interested in living off the grid too. It's one of those idealistic dreams I've been having lately.
 
uk_27

uk_27

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Look what happened to christopher mccandless when he tried living off the grid. :eek: That's a bit of an extreme example I guess! Great book though.
 
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Lavinialuna

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I'll have to check out who christopher mccandless is, but I am assuming it didn't go well, lol! Glad to have you all to talk to, and lucky we have some common goals!
 
dragons

dragons

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jc972 said:
Christopher McCandles was the boy they made the movie Into The Wild about.
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But more importantly the book! (Which the movie is based on.) I haven't seen the movie but I loved the book. Very interesting story.

Of course, it's a pretty extreme example of going "off the grid" since Chris McCandless decided to live in the woods on his own and he wasn't very prepared, haha. I don't think I'd ever do something that extreme, but I do like the idea of living in a little house in the quiet woods somewhere ...

Anyway, welcome to the forum Lavinialuna! What kind of art do you do?
 
Xervello

Xervello

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Lavinialuna said:
Hello, I am new and am just popping in to say hello. I suffer severe social phobia and anxiety and struggle to find ways to cope. At the moment I rarely leave the house and almost never alone. I live in Wisconsin and have a husband and kids. My husband is an artist and I myself dabble in the arts. I dream of one day living "off the grid" and homesteading somewhere in the country where I would love to find peace and quiet.
Hope to get to know you better.
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Welcome to SPW! I hope we can help and/or entertain. If only we could babysit to give you some alone time, right, ha ha. In what sort of arts do you dabble?
 
uk_27

uk_27

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jc972 said:
If you don't mind me asking, why do you say the book is more important? I don't believe one to be more important than the other.
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The book and the film were both great I thought. I watched the film first which led me to the book. I thought Vince Vaughn was quality, even though his part was small. Also the Eddie Vedder soundtrack was cool. The book is a real page turner too.
 
NathanielWingatePeaslee

NathanielWingatePeaslee

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Lavinialuna said:
Hello, I am new and am just popping in to say hello. I suffer severe social phobia and anxiety and struggle to find ways to cope. At the moment I rarely leave the house and almost never alone. I live in Wisconsin and have a husband and kids. My husband is an artist and I myself dabble in the arts. I dream of one day living "off the grid" and homesteading somewhere in the country where I would love to find peace and quiet.
Hope to get to know you better.
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Hi! :greeting:

Off the grid...*sigh*. Such a wonderful dream to be self-sustaining.

Coyote is in WI, too. Not sure who else is from here.
 
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Lavinialuna

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I do chalk drawing with my fingers, that is my favorite, but I also write poetry, love to cook and bake (sort of an art!), and I can sew, embroider, knit, I like refinishing furniture, building stuff, fixing stuff, remodeling... I'm a jack of all trades, master of nothing!
I'll have to check out that book/movie. Sounds like something I would like.
My husband and I had our first organic garden last year and I loved it. This year we are expanding and I also bought some laying hens. I picked them up today and they are so dang cute! As soon as the snow melts we are going to build a chicken coop, and then an earth bag studio in the back yard for our art. I am so excited to get going on it. I wish we were in the country (we live in a small town) but at least I have privacy fences so I sort of get to keep my peace!
 
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Lavinialuna

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CHICKENS!
 
Gieky

Gieky

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Aww they are adorable!!! I have to say I am a huge fan of farm fresh chicken eggs. Don't know if I'm imagining it, but they have a different (better) taste to me than the eggs they sell in the supermarket.
Anyway, you and the hubby sound like very healthy people, that is great!
 
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