Very impressed by your choices @inquiringtimes ! I can, actually could, relate to that. Wanted to live outside the system.
At that time I was making some money by reupholstering used and found chairs. I found them in the trash and created awesome pieces out of it.
After some years I decided to be only for (not against) whatever and create a balance in my life.
In the Netherlands, if you don't make a lot of money you don't pay a lot of taxes. In fact I didn't pay tax at all. It meant that I had to pay less for my daily costs. Getting rid of the Internet. TV was already gone for years. And then food. I started to just use the basics. Baked my own bread instead buying in the store was a difference from 60 euro to 8 euro. And I can tell you. My bread, after some trial and error, was much more tasty.
Anyway. Just a small inside information how I made some changes without getting myself in a situation where I had to struggle.
Love yourself and respect life
I would like to try your bread :) <3
Let me know when you are in Amsterdam.....