A mother-of-five who lives in a tent with her kids and homeschools them has revealed how it’s saved her a ton of money and eliminated so much ‘stress’ from their lives.
London Shanta, a realtor and aspiring fashion designer from Jacksonville, Florida, moved out of her home and went ‘off the grid’ with her brood back in August, so that they could ‘build their dream life.’
The family-of-seven now reside in a tent in the woods, where they forage and grow their own food – and according to London, the new lifestyle has completely changed her life.
She’s documented her journey and shared it to TikTok, and she has insisted that relocating has provided a slew of benefits for her, her partner, and five kids – like cutting down her costs and giving them much more time to spend as a family.
A mother-of-five who lives in a tent with her kids and homeschools them has revealed how it’s saved her a ton of money and eliminated so much ‘stress’ from their lives
London Shanta, a realtor and aspiring fashion designer from Jacksonville, Florida, moved out of her home and went ‘off the grid’ with her enormous brood back in August
The family-of-seven now reside in a tent in the woods, where they forage and grow their own food – and according to London, the new lifestyle has completely changed her life
‘After three years of planning and procrastinating, we finally did it,’ she captioned a video that showcased the tent they bought back in August. ‘Our journey begins.’
In a follow-up video, London explained that she made the decision to move so that she could ‘focus on healing, creating, and raising free-spirited kids.’
She’s documented her journey and shared it to TikTok
She explained that they already have learned so much about ‘growing food,’ and that they love getting to have ‘daily adventures’ together.
She added that while many members of her family think she’s ‘delusional,’ she has no regrets about ‘following her heart.’
‘It’s given me more peace than ever,’ she said. ‘Most people won’t understand why I choose to believe in me and follow where my spirit leads, but I know God gives us seeds deep inside that if planted and nurtured will reap a harvest and I can do all things.’
London explained in other videos that she purchased a piece of land in the woods via Facebook Marketplace, and they then moved out of the home that they were renting.
After putting up a few tents, she got to work on building a ‘privacy fence’ to ensure that hikers don’t intrude on them.
Now, she’s saving up to buy a camper so that she and her kids could ‘live their best lives’ and ‘travel the world.’
London explained that she made the decision to move so that she could ‘focus on healing, creating, and raising free-spirited kids’
She explained that they already have learned so much about ‘growing food,’ and that they love getting to have ‘daily adventures’ together
She added that while many members of her family think she’s ‘delusional,’ she has no regrets about ‘following her heart’
And according to London, she and her family are now living completely ‘rent and stress free.’
‘Even though some people may feel that it’s selfish to the kids, my kids are very happy, not locked in the school system all day being shoved off to someone else to raise and watch them,’ she addressed her haters in a different TikTok.
‘They own their time. We do things as a family. My values are God and family and my freedom. Everyone’s values are different so their lifestyles look different.
‘It’s a sacrifice that we’re making, not to be rent free or run from bills, it’s to take back our time and our freedom and own the things we have so we can pass down generational wealth to our kids.’
London said she hated ‘other people being with her kids for eight hours a day while she worked and slaved away’ and was ‘only able to enjoy her time if she took off work.’
In the caption of the video, she added, ‘There’s too much going on in the world that’s why we made the decision to sacrifice temporary comfort so that our kids will never be so brainwashed into thinking that working everyday of their life to gather and sow a seed for someone else to reap the harvest is normal.
‘So many people think chasing money and working everyday is normal and it’s not. God put us here to live not survive.’
London explained in other videos that she purchased a piece of land in the woods via Facebook Marketplace. After putting up a few tents, she built a ‘privacy fence’ (seen above)
She said that since homeschooling her kids she’d been able to teach them more ‘life and financial skills that will actually help them succeed in life’ and control ‘what they’re exposed to’
London’s lifestyle has garnered a mixed response online, with some praising her and others slamming her
She also said that since homeschooling her kids she’d been able to teach them more ‘life and financial skills that will actually help them succeed in life’ and control ‘what they are exposed to.’
London’s lifestyle has garnered a mixed response online – but many showered her with praise.
‘As a mom and a teacher, this is great,’ one person gushed in the comment section of one of her videos.
‘God’s got you. Your kids will be better than in public school. Looking back, I wish I would have done this.’
‘This is amazing. You are amazing. Keep doing you. As long as babes are happy/healthy,’ someone else said.
Another user added: ‘We are homeschooling family as well, you are doing amazing job. Hope you will be able to get your RV soon, wishing you all the best.’
‘That’s what I want to do,’ read a fourth comment. A fifth said, ‘Awesome job mom.’
