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You could do all of this with very little money ... if you're willing to live semi-homeless near the beach. Maybe live in a van. Most expensive thing here is the wine, and wine doesn't cost that much.
I actually did this for a while. I bought a sailboat with a friend, moved onto said sailboat, and bummed around for a bit. It's cheap in bursts, but then you need things. What happens when you have a sudden need for money, like an engine breakdown or a medical emergency? What happens when you suddenly need to travel, like for a funeral or a friend's wedding?
What happens when one day you need to afford anything beyond the daily living expenditures and you need to get a job and now employees side eye you for having a year or two gap on your resume? This is possible, obviously, but it's definitely a lot more than it sounds like on the surface.
Eating well is definitely the most expensive thing.
There are a lot of annoying things needed that aren't accounted for......like heating and running water and waste drainage. But if you're willing to get creative then anything is possible.
Plenty of places in the world where heat is not necessary. People lived with hand wells for centuries. If you want to trade 8 hours of your day for heat and running water.. Go for it.. Do society's dream, get the new car, bigger TV, thousand dollar cellphone on payments
Yup. All you have to do is get lucky and stay healthy
Yeah I think the problem is that to have any money you'd still need a job. The core fantasy with all these things seems to always come down to having no job or very little hours at a job. But I agree this could probably be fine for $20,000/yr in most places. Still would need like 400k+ to retire that way depending on age, but that's a realistic amount for a good amount of people at least... The hardest part is having the good friends around tbh. You pretty much have to get lucky with finding cool people near your same beach.
You live in a van on the beach, just bulk buy grape juice and leave it outside for a few years.