Yes Droid56, I can weigh in on this one as well. My wife and I no longer smoke and we stopped drinking alcohol within the last 12 months and although I have not stopped eating meat, I can concur.
We are working towards complete off-grid living. It blows me away how so many houses are vacant or in foreclosure that families could just live in. Why DO we have to pay to live on the planet where we were born? What else could we be doing with our time if it wasn't spent worrying about coming up with money to pay for gasoline, electricity or a place to live? It wasn't meant to be this way. (Not complaining, just saying)
Everything DOES seem to be shifting though. I thought it was just me 'getting older' and maybe that's part of it, but I like what's in the air with respect to the winds of change.
I hope to meet all of you some day.