Concrete Beginnings

Hey all,

It's Herconcretecabin here...

Well, we (Hisconcretecabin and I) have finally decided to stop haranguing our family and friends with incessant facebook posts related to the "place" we currently find ourselves to be in life. By place, I mean both a state of mind or being, and a literal place....hence the title of the blog. Seoul = concrete, and us rustic folk trying to get it right and live purposefully within said jungle = cabin. Get it? Anyhow, I digress.

You know those posts I'm talking about...the ones that are all like "hey, look at what I cooked with my CSA basket veggies", or "hey, look at yet another article about urban gardening" or "seriously guys, look at this amazing thing I made from recycled/repurposed _______ " (could be just about anything...we're slightly obsessed with that whole process), orrrrrrrrrr even better (and by better I mean possibly more obnoxious), those ones that are like "folks, here's something I'm super angry or fired up about", that in all honesty is probably slightly political or kind of random, or just plain weird. Sigh. Sometimes it feels like we're those kids that force their parents to watch while they perfect their dive ("Mommmmmm, look at meeeeeee"). Don't get me wrong, we know that some folks enjoy it all from their incredibly positive responses, but we also realize these posts have the potential to elicit an obligatory like, disinterest, yawns, or even gasp! eye rolls.

Beyond hoping to stop annoying family and friends and clogging up the news feeds of our nearest and dearests, we intend for this to be a place to document our progress. Someday, in the not so distant future, we plan on making the transition from an urban environment to a more rural, homestead oriented lifestyle. Therefore, we're of the mindset that this is the perfect time to perfect our skills. If we can do it in a concrete laden, urban, not to mention foreign environment, well, we feel our chances are pretty good for the future. Researching was the initial phase, and we've done a fair bit of that, but now we're also delving more into gardening, re-purposing, crafting, whole foods cooking, alternative business opportunities etc.

There, that's the gist of it all. We are over the moon excited with this whole process, and will be sharing as we go. Check back to see what's up every now and then.

Cheers,

Herconcretecabin