As someone who has lived in a survival situation for an extended period of time, you are dead on. It is freeing, at first. After the initial bill free/financial free worry wears off, you spend every moment preparing for the next catastrophe. Water collection, water sterilization (you only make the mistake of drinking unclean water once), food gathering, building/repairing/improving your shelter, trying to catch food, gather any thing edible. There is a reason for people dying young in the primitive world. You are always one mistake or one accident away from sickness, injury, malnutrition or death. The romance wears off very quickly. Those yearning for less responsibility are able to achieve it with simple choice. Wishing for the whole world to burn to free you from materialistic burdens is extremely selfish. Simplify your life, if you are tired of it. I have paid off all revolving debt, including my house. It is extremely liberating and that hasn't worn off yet. Now I concentrate on things I want to do, instead of always doing what I have to. That burden alone is almost indescribable.