José and Sandra lived in a large, modern house in Girona, had a business and a family, but coexistence was becoming difficult for them. “We were unhappy,” recalled Sandra Arnau in an interview with Cerrado. When the video was recorded, they had been living in the countryside for over three years and had four children. There they organize their upbringing in their own way: “Our children don’t go to school, but we educate them at home,” she explains.
“We had no meaningful purpose in life,” says Sandra, who remembers arguments and family dynamics that didn’t quite work out. The three-day trek to the mountains gives them a break and to consider what they want to change. “We realized we didn’t need that much,” Jose summarizes.
was the first destination A family farm in Zaynwhich passed down from Jose’s grandmother to his mother. They located it through Google Maps and traveled to meet it. The house was small and there was no electricity, running water or internet, so they had to learn to get by without worrying about what they had before.
“We didn’t look for self-sufficiency, but it found us,” José explains. At first they solved problems as soon as they appeared. Later, when they decide to move again, they look for a house with similar conditions. They discovered that “that way of life gives you something you can’t experience any other way.”
new home They still have a lot to do. There are solar panels, they collect and store water and they have already started raising rabbits, chickens, goats and ducks to be self-sufficient. The garden was under construction. “No, we’re not self-sufficient right now. We’re in the process,” they explain while talking about food. They stayed there for about nine months and, between finding water, improving the tanks and caring for the animals, they later left the garden.
Jose continues to work as a programmer and uses artificial intelligence tools to manage his projects remotely. “The way we finance ourselves, because I think a lot of people will be surprised, is basically our programming company,” he explains. that remote work This allows them to combine income with caring for their children. “Technology is what allows us to finance our lives so that we can survive here,” they explain
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