Norm Geddis
Norm is a contributing writer at Online Land Sales, LLC.

Purpose

Purpose is a loaded word with a double meaning. If you are looking inward at your motivation to leave the city and go to the wilderness, you will have thought of your purpose. You will have thought about finding your purpose out there among the trees and brush and the running rivers. When you leave your old neighborhood for your land, the city streets and businesses will almost instantly fade from your mind. The chirping of birds will replace the yelling of people. The sounds will be wild animals expressing themselves to their fellow animals at night, no cars honking, yelling, or screeching. You’ll see the stars at night in a spectacular display of diamonds in the sky. The word “traffic” will come to mean the comings and goings of animals through the woods. You may even get to know some of the wildlife on your land because most wildlife is not dangerous or vicious.

You will wake up with a plethora of things you need to do. Your land is raw dirt. It lacks irrigation, water, power, and the nearest market will most likely be at least an hour away. But this is where you will find your purpose. You aren’t waking up for a boss anymore. You aren’t cramming food in your mouth and yourself into a car to make money for someone else. You are waking up for yourself, to write your future, to make your living self-sufficiently. A new horizon and the possibilities for your land are limitless.