Bradley Yates

Mariya Bee wrote:

Bradley Yates wrote:I have been out West for the past six months and about twenty thousand miles off grid in my off road travel trailer. I have had fifty square miles and wild horses to myself at times, it has been amazing. It is a tough lifestyle but one hundred percent worth it the peace and feeling alive it brings.

That sounds really fun! What state?

All over, i've explored most of NM, AZ, UT, some of NV. Currently heading to OR for the remainder of the fire season because i'm tired of all this wildfire smoke. At least there is some relief there with the coastal wind. I've had 700+ firefighter fires pop up within a few miles of me at times, nothing like waking up to a mountain on fire behind you.

Just wanted to post an update. I have been living off-grid out West for about 6 months and 20k miles now in an off-road travel trailer. At times I have had at least a square mile up to 50 square miles by myself (minus wild horses racing me or being curious of me). I know for a fact I was born for this lifestyle of being off-grid, I have never been so at peace and so content in my life, minus the nagging to find a partner to share it all with. I also feel muuuuch more healthy in every way. I am currently heading to Oregon for the remainder of the fire season since the smoke has been crazy this year, but i'm not sure I where I want to winter just yet. PS, being a Christian is not a requirement but I can share what I know and leave it at that. I view myself as a balanced empathetic and genuine person, looking for the same.


Enjoy some pictures of my adventures, and yes
at my very first spot a wildfire broke out at the nearest mountain behind me with air fire support tankers flying above me. That ended up being a 700+ firefighter fire starting from someone's private lot. It has been quite an adventure avoiding them but I have learned a lot.

I have been out West for the past six months and about twenty thousand miles off grid in my off road travel trailer. I have had fifty square miles and wild horses to myself at times, it has been amazing. It is a tough lifestyle but one hundred percent worth it the peace and feeling alive it brings.

Debra Bannerman wrote:

Nick Borisenko wrote:No way, haha! I'm an INFJ too, and I feel exactly the same, and yeah, never yet had a partner. I never really thought those things are connected, and also with interest to permaculture - I'm not yet doing it for some difficult life circumstances but I closely research it, and hopefully one day...!

It's really nice to see so many fellow INFJs here, and some cool memes

I have taken this test before. Think I was an INFJ. But don't remember. Loved reading these posts. I am continuresearching living off grid. Premier stuff bit don't seem to be able to "get out of town". Would love country quiet. Lived a year or two on 25 acres cherry farm with my family as a kid, loved the space and quiet.
I am relating to the not  doing well finding a partner. I am divorced for the second time. Both turned out narcissistic... I was devastated. I am now living out of... hiding... in someone else's spare room. Could definitely do the van living thing if I could get myself together.
Thanks for listening.

Recently found out that I am an INFJ as well, it is one of the most amazing things i've discovered and it explains a lot in my life. But.. same here, second narcissistic relationship ending after a 7 year marriage. It's like our type attracts them like a super magnet. There is hope though, not knowing it at the time, I met the first INFJ ever in business last year and we had the most amazing deep and candid conversations. She was also not as easy to read as most people we come across. It gave me so much hope and actually is what made me finally realize how abusive the relationship I was in was for me.

Also wanted to add I found out that I am an INFJ MBTI personality type. Figuring that out at 37 and like looking back... that would have enlightened me so much earlier in life but I am still glad to have found it now.

Hello,

Probably a bit mature at 37 and feel like i've been through a few lifetimes but I do look younger with the redhead genes. Im probably one of the most compassionate males I know, and currently dealing with some health issues only makes that stronger. Can see my post at https://permies.com/t/270093/Christian-desert-areas#like to hear more.

I`ve been doing the miracle morning the past few days and it has seemed to help tremendously as far as energy and overcoming health adversity. You simply do SAVERS a few min each the second you wake up. Silence (meditation), affirmations, visualizations, exercise, reading, scribing. My other secret is clams (vit B boost). Will see if that lasts long term.

Adding photos, I am also authorized to work remote in ND as well.

I too am wanting to visit the area for potential land. My checkboxes were low humidity, sparse pop, and not any construction or mining going on nearby (that seems to be difficult to escape the past 5 years, the dump trucks just seem to follow me everywhere).

Jay Wright wrote:G'day Bradley. Bummer about the sensitivity. I had an almost neighbour once- lived a couple of miles back in the hills- who had to give up his two beautiful grazing properties when the reaction to chemicals made his life unbearable. Ended up on a few hundred acres of absolute garbage country because it was feree of all chemicals and residues. He got into geology and spent a lot of time in the deserts, and designed a camper with a state of the art air filtration system and oxygen on hand if he passed through a particularly unhealthy area. Another option which people have gone for here is an area right on the coast with a prevailing onshore breeze- no smell but sea weed Good luck!

Thanks, I know what you mean. My parents have a farm and a few years after they built their dream home multiple points on their propertly line had fracking done and natural gas wells put in. Now their well water smells like diesel, and of course, i'm the only one who can smell it and also leads me to think that is part of what got me so sick. My short term plan is to find an offgassed camper van or build a custom all natural interior (IE wool insulation, no particle board or chemicals) and go exploring for land out west. I grew up in Henderson, NV and miss the desert dearly.