What got me started was understanding how the economic system worked and realizing it had to inevitably collapse. I wanted to start a family (2011), so living close to the land was the only way I’d feel secure enough to move ahead with life as I’d envisioned.

For me? Seeing the direction we're going with Klaus and the WEF in lock step with other govts around the world. Poor financial choices by those same govts. Realizing my entire savings is getting much smaller as inflation goes up.