Unfortunately it's more expensive to do things the 'old ways' these days. I'd love to go into the bush like Nessmuk did back in the day and live there for periods at a time...but that won't pay bills and an ultralight hand made canoe will set you back a couple thousand bucks or more...not to mention that generations of living in the city have left me completely unequipped to do it confidently...but we're working on that one slowly but surely.