id: independence title: Independence previous: pwi next: fsdi date: 2023-07-05 ---

## Independence

With less monetary pressure on me this past year I have been able to really dive deeply into what is important to me.

Independence has come to the forefront. To me being independent in something is having the choice in how you approach it. It does not need to mean that I do everything myself. It means that I can if I need to. It gives me control over various aspects of my life that are important to me. For other areas less important I can consciously relinquish that control to save time and effort.

Society is full of large complex systems that provide what I need to live. If any of those systems breaks or even slows down it can negatively affect my life if I don't have any other options. For the sake of robustness ideally a system is as small and simple as possible. For independence as many of those steps should be in my hands as possible. That results in fewer points of failure and the ability for me to shore up more of those failures myself when they happen.

With the rise of smaller, personally available, and more affordable technologies I think that I can have much of the independence that I want without giving up many, or even any, of the conveniences of modern life.

I want to track and publish this journey to try and build more independence into my life. Both as a record and maybe it could help others who feel the same way that I do do the same.

Currently I think that it will break into digital, work, and personal independence going forward.

Thank you for reading.