12/23/2023 0 Comments Off grid with doug and stacy![]() Image courtesy of Off-Grid with Doug & Stacy The Biggest Challenge of Living Off-Grid They also regularly got exposed to a minimum of 20 minutes of midday sun each day for proper vitamin D production. Stacy especially noticed that getting outside before 9 AM to get early morning sunlight was helpful in regulating hormones. Their lifestyle is such that they’re outside in nature on a daily basis. Hormone RegulationĪnother benefit of living off-grid is that they’re outside many more hours than when they lived in the city. Something that Stacy recommends for people who seem to have a difficult time losing weight, despite a healthy diet and adequate physical activity, is to focus on achieving solid deep sleep each night. If you don’t get adequate sleep, especially deep sleep, then your cortisol levels are higher than they should be which affects hormone balance and all sorts of other issues. In order to achieve deep sleep, it’s important to remove electronic devices from your bedroom and eliminate artificial light a few hours before bedtime. Note: This article was originally published on March 2019.Image courtesy of Off-Grid with Doug & Stacy Better Sleepĭeep sleep is essential for your health. You can find Doug and Stacy on YouTube or Facebook. Now we have a passion for teaching what we learned so others can live a simple life as well. Today I am growing, harvesting, and preserving most of all our own food, collecting rainwater and gravity feeding it to our cabin and raising sheep, chickens, and ducks. By the soft flicker of the oil lamps and the heat provided by the wood cook stove, I am sitting here reflecting on one of the best decisions my husband and I ever made. Doug and I have more energy, vitality, and our health is better than ever. Living a simpler life has become more rewarding than we could ever imagine. ![]() I will never forget the wonderful feeling of empowerment and satisfaction the first time we slept upstairs in our loft when our home was finished. I would come up on weekends to help until the cabin was finished in late September. I was still working full time in the city while Doug was sleeping in a tent with our dogs at the property. In the apartment, I started circling all the things Doug and I would need to get started to live a simpler life.ĭoug found 11 acres with a nice pasture, woods with lots of nut trees, and big pole barn. While looking for off grid/non-electric wares, I came across this awesome catalog from Lehman’s. home to a one-bedroom apartment while searching for rural property was the first step. I thought I would feel sad, but I felt so free after that first step! Moving from a 3,000 sq. This downsizing experience was very cathartic. All that “stuff” would not fit in a 600 sq. If we were going to do this, we had to be 100% committed. The next thing I know the doorbell was ringing nonstop and Doug was selling all our belongings online…even my favorite stainless steel kitchen table…and a for sale sign was in the front yard! However, this next chapter would be like no other. One night in rainy rush hour traffic, Doug and I committed to re-prioritizing our life.ĭuring our 20-year marriage, we had plenty of adventures. By educating myself about living a holistic life, I was ready to change my whole lifestyle and my husband was as well. I learned that the stress from toxic foods, environment, and hectic life needed to change. No doctor could find anything wrong with me until I visited a naturopathic physician. I was experiencing some major health issues that were affecting my day to day life. We call it “Living the Pioneer Lifestyle in the 21st century.” We found 11 acres in the Midwest with no electricity, no solar power, and no public utilities. While he studied the art of joinery and log cabin building, I was on my mission to find a simpler life. ![]() Inspired by the pioneers before him, he set out to build our new home with his own two hands. 1800’s style log home that Doug built with no experience in 90 days. Doug and I are often asked how we got “here.” “Here” is a 600 sq.
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