I realized that to create and prepare for an off grid life that best suits your own vision, it helps to start with deciding on your own interpretation of the meaning of living off the grid.
The meaning of living off the grid suggests you operate independently of an organized electrical power grid. This may mean you live without electricity. Or you depend on a generator (or three.).
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIVING OFF THE GRID TO YOU?
So there doesn't appear to be any hard and fast rule on the meaning of living off the grid. So my advice is this: decide what it means to you so you can flesh out a vision of your own off grid life.