actually no
it will not work if you life an american lifestyle
you need to be a small farmer, everyone can live reasonably on 1/4 acre growing own food and not eating unnecessary things, and leaving some land for hunting and fishing grounds.
but US people just dont know how to live like this it seems
Especially if you don't have to.
Why should you live so meagerly if you don't have to? It is hard on your body. Shortened lifespan...knees and backs that go bad from all that hard work. Nevermind what it does to your digestive tract and teeth.
Look...God created us to live. Gave us Salvation so that we might have an even more full life.
Subsistence scratching out a living...where every storm or strong wind makes us in fear for the next year's groceries...not much to celebrate with that sort of lifestyle.
And what sort of giving can you really do with a subsistence lifestyle?
I am hard wired to not just provide for myself but also those around me with more than enough at all times...with happy memories and celebrating life's good moments. I give where I can...getting in where I fit in. That includes making sausage out of pork trimmings, which is usually considered garbage.
And that getting together and sharing is what actually makes us stronger. One person grows wheat for a community....another potatoes...another grows eggs. Together we can trade and provide a balanced life and lifestyle for a community.
Not all land is suited for farming. Just isn't good soil or drains well and crops rot in the field. Tractors can work 16 hour days....horses can't. And when it comes time for planting or harvesting those really long days can really pay off. Because farming is always about the weather.
Any real farmer can tell you about the forecasted weather and the price of crops on the CBOE. There's a reason for that.