I would love to live off the grid for a while...

Tired of bills, tired of them increasing with no notice - we try to budget but that flies out the door with just the electric bill around here! Insane! Cutting off all electronics as I can during their "most expensive time" and keeping the air a lot higher than I can stand! I used to always keep it around 70, well it seems I need to keep it around 80 here to try not affect my bill so much! Maybe that will help me sweat off my weight! Yeah, one way to think positive about it LOL! Things seemed to start looking up but then they go right back or worse, we... I need a break! Constant stressing is not helping me at all! Which reminds me of how there are many people who apparently live the lifestyle of earning $30-40 an hour (and barely "work" to earn it) who think getting those jobs are no sweat for everyone and why do we bother with the ones that we are lucky to find at minimum wage with NO benefits! Busting our behinds to earn that, when it should be we work hard we make the $30-40 an hour, and them who barely do crap at their jobs make minimum wage! We will see a huge difference in thinking! Like the damn President who thinks he of all people need another $100,000 a year! Like the billions of tax dollars you have thrown down the toilet the last 5 years isn't enough? Change is NEEDED! BAD! I want my goals to be that I am less dependent on the electric company and make more money! Who wouldn't? With the fact that I make next to nothing, it shouldn't be too hard! I'm a fairly decent photographer; I know my way around the computer enough; I'm very particular when it comes to the jobs I have/had (I like organization and things done right); I have had experience with a number of types of jobs, and have most of my bachelors degree complete. Yet, I can't seem to get most places to give me a second glance with a decent job that pays more than minimum wage! I need someone to give me a chance or win the lottery... not sure either will happen anytime soon! There are too many degree holders with many years experience out there that are unemployed and willing to work for just over minimum wage, or illegals that don't have to pay taxes that come to work for less than minimum wage!