Amazing!! Thanks for sharing! I have already watched the video 3 times. You live in a wonderful place. That river (I love rivers) is as masterpiece of nature. In a way, you live my ideal life. A quiet place, next to a big river (I always lived by a river, can’t image living without one), huge virgin woods, surrounded by friendly animals, space to grow some vegetables and fruits for my subsistence and a wood house/cabin (in Portugal houses are all in cement, always dreamt about one in wood), and being a freelancer behind a pc for some cash (writer, web developer, and indie games) and anything creative. That is my ideal life. I’m 27 years old, work in a quiet place, but when I have enough money to buy a peaceful land, I dream about being able to do it and jump. Let’s see if I can live the dream someday :)
I’m introverted and like silence and some solitude, but I am afraid of people and some trust issues (I panic a little when socializing sometimes, and find excuses to leave), so I do not attract a lot of people around me and have few friends. So the only side of my dream life that scares me, is by living in a more rural place, with some distance from cities, I fear of finding myself more isolated, and smashed by loneliness. You seem to attract a lot of people around you, you are a great guy (even an introvert like me find you fascinating to socialize with), but me, as a person with a small number of friends to visit, I fear that by living alone in a more distant place, without people around, I fear I will be more lonely. I like loneliness 70% of the time, but don’t know if I would support it if it reaches 100%.
Time will tell :) If I find my way and get my dream place some day, you’re invited to visit :D