There does seem to be a lot of negative thoughts from people on this forum. I appreciate that life on the water is not always wonderful, neither is living on the land. If you look at the history of the canals it was a hard life but some chose to do it.
Today, technology is just about changing everything in life. Some new technologies which are being developed as I write, are incredible but a simple life is still possible provided you don't want everything.
There are new developments in solar technology which will provide greater output even in winter, not great, but better than what we have now. By the time I move onto a boat these I hope will be available.