Think it is amazing you have done so well and I want to learn how to do so that I can help my family

Awesome to see someone with a family made a step. Congratulations to you and your wife/partner in life. To live a frugal life in freedom from the system, is an amazing achievement. 
I love how you edited this post with the different fonts. It looks so cool. I follow you now, looking forward to see and hear more about your journey. Wish you Merry Christmas 🎄

You are very visionary

The world is changing. The reason is not some mysterious, esoteric, or woowoo reason.

It’s because people are changing. People are rejecting the ideas and beliefs that keep us in the current consensus reality. A reality shaped by outside forces with outmoded ideas of what true power is.

This changing world is one shaped by the inner wisdom of everyday people put into action. Ignoring what is here and building new based on caring and creativity.

You seem to be one of these people described above. Since we aren’t neighbors and can’t exchange ideas over the garden fence, I’ll make do with a follow.

Keep the faith and enjoy the voyage.

My favorite thought "I only want enough money to build a sustainable homestead." Family above all things is an awesome feeling.

Hey @markwhittam , I'm here thanks to @kafkanarchy84  for resteeming this post. It sure is emotional reading your post. Our life is entirely diffrerent in a way Steemit changed our life, I hope for the better to all here.
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With the price of SBD surging, you can't imagine how it effect me and my fellow countrymen. 1SBD now can feed  a whole family (of 4 people) for a day. Imagine how it can change our life. Thanks to steemit. If it rise again it will help a lot of people particularly people from a small country like Malaysia, Phillipines and all.

We are blessed. God bless you.

Jen

Wow!  That's awesome @markwhittam!

That's so generous of you. Good to know about journey on Steemit and also about  your earnings wholly based on Steem. Be Happy and Merry Christmas.

Wow Mark this is truly Amazing!!!!!  Since day one I knew you were one I wanted to support.  The love and passion you have for your family and the desire to give the most well rounded education to your children has me at the beginning!  I am so thankful that you and your family are at a very good standing financially and that you can began to accomplish your dreams!!! Your family is very inspiring and I am so glad to know you here on Steemit!  I think these gestures that you are doing are really nice and generous!  Many more blessings to you all~ 😊

Giving is from the heart and that is what matters in the end. Is easy to take care of yourself, but little of us take care also of the others. So, for that small portion of love givers all the good to gather around them and be happy!

Thanks for helping to make the community here awesome! All the best to you and your family on your journey this upcoming year! :)

Really good news you made more working here than working in a common work that's important to hear because i can see a clear example that you can work in your profession and be a profitable blogger. Regards

Hi @markwhittam,

I just found your post! I'm amazed.....can't wait to see your next post so I can upvote it!

Lots of love!

Thanks for the inspiration.  

I wish I had started posting and participating when I first signed up. 

I still worry a little but stories like yours help.

It has been great to follow your posts. I think everyone wants to live that steem dream that you are living. At least I know I do!

Thank you for being inspiring. I often think about where my road show will start.

This is awesome! Congrats on your success on Steemit! It really is amazing to be a part of this community

I love how you have been successful and placed your children and the environment above your own previous lifestyle.  These are hard, terrifying decisions, but so worth it.   Once we unshackle ourselves from materialism... once we take responsibility for the education of our children... once we stop being part of the problem... we become part of the solution.   But it takes heart to give up the known to enter the unknown, and I appreciate your sharing your success and am enthused that steemit has been so good to you!   Ride the wave and finish strong sir.

Hey Mark. It's great to read your story, which is showing a real alternative for people. I'm so glad that I've come on board Steemit since meeting you and now I'm starting to understand how it works, I'm seeing a lot of potential in this platform as a real game changer. I have come up with a plan to support people who are trying to change their lives and the lives of others by offering free group sessions to Steemit members to enable them to move beyond their limiting beliefs and emotional blocks and I posted about it yesterday and how I see it working. Have a great festive season and I look forawrd to catching up with you when you are in this area some time :D

I enjoy your blog and do appreciate
The stories you write and dedicate
to Steem, your family or causes real
From you I learn and now I feel
A family of friends that love and care
With support uplifted everywhere
And so my Mark with a grateful glee
At Christmas - may blessings fill your tree.

I hope you get this.  This is just a note to personally say thank you for the kind Christmas Steem.  It warmed my heart.  Blessings to you Mark and a happy hopeful new year friend. - Troy

It warms my heart to hear that you can support your (simple) lifestyle with what you make here on Steemit. I remember our first conversation about Steemit in the parking lot of Max. That got my imagination started and now it is no longer just a dream for you and your family. The dream has become reality.
Your generosity makes you a roll modell in this community. May your Steem power continue to rise as you give back to the community.

First of all, what strict laws are out there about homeschooling, i had no idea! You are one of the examples that made it with cryptos that others consider fraud and bubble, you are the exception to the ''rule'' really good job i am following you from now on as i had no idea about you till now

Dont include me on the random steem giveaway , i prefer you give it some commentators that follow you for a couple of time,have read other posts you made and have a relationship even just by commenting and not only cause of the ''giveaway'' thing

I remember when you took off and knew you were doing the right thing. It is my biggest regret that I kept my son in regular school when he was not thriving. He insisted on going to the alternative school in 11th Grade and I am so glad I agreed to let him. 

Better still would have been to pull him out entirely, but I did not even think of that option. Your kids are very blessed to have you looking out for them. They are our gift to the future and our only hope. 

I'm so glad to see your success and I'm having similar results in Bangkok where I live because it is inexpensive. A huge weight is being lifted off of me daily.

Congrats on your success I wish you merriment and a great holiday season.

Best luck to you and your loved ones! I hope from now on everything will be just better.

Much love and best wished <3

That's awesome man! I've been thinking of doing some Steem contest to also give away some that many here in the community have given to me!

You certainly provide your children, yourself and your wife and extrodinary life detached from daily routine schedule and have the dicipline of the free people, which many times nearly usualy enables people to do far more during the day and have the relationships they choose then the routine schedule. Enjoy nature wherever you stay.

it's odd how this post is made from an image. Is that the secret sauce?!

What a great success story Mark, it's things like this that make me wanna get behind Steem and do my best to help it succeed. Happy holidays

It is a real encouragement seeing someone having gone through tough times and survived! Thank you for your post, it's beautiful!

You are one of my biggest inspiring people here on steemit.  
I am so happy to hear that you are doing really well and so is your family especially when just a few months ago you were in a terrifying situation which turned out to be a stepstone for all you have created here @familyprotection project and for yourself and your beautiful family.
We used to own a huge house and had two new vehicles and just had everything going for my family.  But we were not happy where we were, we fell in love with  the freedom we found in El Salvador, and that is why we decided to sell everything and follow our dreams and freedom.
That is why I really enjoy your amazing posts and again so happy that steemit is treating you very well and I believe this is just the beginning.

Hey Mark! Nice write up I just posted my first blog the other day and I feel like this is really a community and platform that could make a difference in my life.. Your blog was very encouraging to read. 
How long have you lived in you tiny house? We have lived in a 32 foot  Airstream for over a year now! We love it! 
I would love to meet more steemit people and learn as much as I can!

Respect. People don’t realize only when we as a common species help each other then we will thrive and grow stronger.