Matt

Hello, I am Matt. I am 37 years old and currently work for a housing charity as an Assistant Chief Executive.

I suppose I came to the downshifting later. It was AJ who started looking at self-sufficiency and mentioned Nova Scotia some years ago. It isn't as though he has worked on me and changed my mind. I am quite a methodical person and I have been weighing the pros and cons for a while. It started to look like a good idea and early 2005 I thought we should have a more serious look at whether we wanted to do it. I suggested an exploratory visit to Nova Scotia in June to see what we thought of the place.

I am on 6 months notice period at work and so have already resigned from my job. I don't finish until May 2006. Actually resigning was quite a scary step. I know I am going to miss many things about my job and particularly some great colleagues.

I am interested in computers, the internet and would quite like to work from home in NS. I don't mind getting my hands dirty but don't think I will be good at making us jams or pickles or soap. I think I will be OK with a chainsaw and probably have to keep the finances in order.

Please send us messages, post questions or email us an mp3 audio comment.

Matt