Josephine lives on 3 acres of permanent edible forest producing nuts, berries, root crops, perennial beans and other things, She has a passive solar house that requires 0 heating or cooling energy. Jo spends an hour of his tv time per day gardening seasonal vegetables. He slaughters one chicken each week and harvests eggs. These daily non-exercise activities, low stress lifestyle, and the lack of preservatives in the food jo eats means Joe will be more healthy. Jo doesn't need to go to work to pay rent or to survive. Joe chooses whether or not to go to work to pay for his hobbies, not his needs.
Permaculture is the study of how to design systems to live efficiently, comfortably, and with as little work possible. Also, you can green the desert.
If I'm online, I'm a hypocrite, because I'm just sitting here instead of making this a reality for myself.