Living Off-Grid
I built the infrastructure here so you would not have to manage it. The solar array is sized for what two buildings use, and the backup generator seldom runs, mostly through long overcast stretches. Kettle, fridge, lights, fans, laptop: none of that is worth thinking about.
Solar asks one habit of you, and you will pick it up in a day. Anything that draws a lot of power goes on while the sun is high. The washing is a morning job. By early afternoon the batteries are full, and that is what carries you through the night.
It rains a fair bit here, and all of it comes off the roofs into 135,000 litres of tank storage. There is no bore and no mains behind that, so a long dry stretch is the one time it gets watched. Most of the year there is plenty.
The one real limit is the wastewater system. Everything from the drains goes to a bed of composting worms that process it on site. They are alive, they work at their own pace, and there is only so much they can take in a day. So it is toilet paper only. Anything else kills them. It is also why indoor showers are short: everything that goes down a drain inside ends up in the same bed.
It is simply what it takes to get water to a tap and light into a room on this side of the river. It asks very little of you: a short shower indoors, and the washing on in the morning.