Fully off-grid homestead: shelter, food, water, energy, income systems
Produces ongoing surplus (food, water, products, skills to share/sell)
Can survive weeks/months with no external help (grid, store, job)
Cycles resources: food, water, waste, energy reused on-site
Built 1+ major sustainable system (solar, water, compost, grow system)
Owns/lease land or space for self-reliant living, begins infrastructure
Starts splitting time between city and land, or has part-time off-grid base
Gathering resources and tools preparing to move off-grid.
Begins studying sustainability, prepping, or dreaming of off-grid life
Fully city-based; reliant on rent, job, store food, tap water, etc.