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My husband and I have been living tiny for almost 4 years now, the entire time living off-grid. We have built and lived in 3 different types of tiny homes, and have been traveling the whole time. Here is a look into our actual lives, and what it’s like living tiny and off-grid.
Daily Routines
You can still have a normal life, living tiny. Every day I get up and feed the dogs, plan my day, workout, shower, make food, and so on. Just because you have a smaller house doesn’t mean you cant have a normal life. We also get to spend a lot more time outside.
I am still able to do home workouts in my tiny home, go for bike rides, meal prep and plan my busy days. I get plenty of exercise and work done at home.
Moreover, living off-grid is a little different, we have some additional tasks and responsibilities. For example we have to empty our composting toilet and monitor our batteries. If we want to use the microwave, but our batteries are too low, we have to start the generator.
Work Life
Working from home is achievable too. We use a WiFi hot spot for our internet, which works well, depending on our service. This is especially great for traveling or living somewhere without an address.
I am currently a grad student, and also a teaching assistant. So typically I to my school every weekday, and just work from home on our business and my personal life. However, as I am writing this, we are in the midst of COVID 19, and I am talking classes and teaching online.
This may seem overwhelming, to work from a tiny home, although I do not feel that way. I have worked on lots of projects from home and getting to spend more time with my dogs is always a bonus. Working from home is completely possible, in a tiny house, even if it is very small.
Weekend Fun
As I spend time looking through my pictures to show you an accurate representation of my life in a tiny home, I see mostly out doors pictures. My dog watching the horses, a campfire, the mountains, and so on. We get so many opportunities to live with nature, which a large part of our lives.
When we lived in an apartment in the city, we had to plan a time to go out and do something. But now we just hop in our jeep, drive 10 minutes down the road, and prop our feet up by the lake.
Living in a tiny home, has changed the amount of time we get to be in nature. Most of our weekends include some sort of adventure.
Vacations
One of my favorite parts of living tiny, especially in our current home, is that ability we have to travel and vacation. It hes been great to be able to clean up your home and just drive away with it. Within the a year, we have taken this house to Glacier National Park, Crater Lake, and many other places in Washington, Oregon, and Nevada.
Our Other Tiny Houses
The Maverick
The Summit