A personal field guide for building a freer life.

Notes on hiking, escaping the rat race, side projects, money, travel, and figuring things out along the way.

Escape

Thoughts on work, burnout, freedom, and designing a life that feels more your own.

Hiking, camping, nature, gear, and the places that reset your brain.

Side projects, websites, experiments, and learning new skills by actually making things.

Runes of the way. A small game where you collect runes to make your way out of the maze.

Investing, dividends, options, and the long road toward more independence.

Longer notes, ideas, research, and writeups from the Makeaway project.

Research notes for the Camden County land, A-F zoning, family compound possibilities, and homestead due diligence.

Useful learning resources, tools, guides, and websites for building a freer, more capable life.

Simple meals, camp cooking, homestead recipes, and practical food ideas for building a more self-sufficient life.

Practical garden notes, growing experiments, seed starting, soil work, harvest lessons, and simple ways to grow more of your own food.

Join r/Makeaway to share projects, ask questions, post progress, and connect with people building a more practical and independent life.