Your mind. That’s step 1. And I figured out how to take step 1 a couple of days ago. (Granted I’ve taken steps 2-5 already. But if I had to do it over again ….)
Clear out junk and clean up the clutter. I’ve got 5 bags of various bit of [...]
“They” are saying 2008 will make 2007 look like the good ol’ days when it comes to foreclosures. Of course, now we hear about some kind of deal to freeze mortgage rates. Meaning, I’m sure, that the banks will be able to put off the day day of reckoning in a way that [...]
From A DIARY OF THE ONSET OF THE GREATER DEPRESSION, By Carolyn Baker
Some sleight of hand the ruling elite have accomplished since 9/11, namely, that while Americans were pondering the color of the government’s daily terrorist threat assessments, that government and its corporate cronies was taking them to the cleaners, picking their pockets, swindling, cheating, [...]
(More about ELP at the end of this post.)
You’re all ready. Extra food, water, a garden. The list can be endless for being prepared for the big one.
Have you applied the Wealth Test? Part of your planning should certainly include this basic test for soundness.
If you had to leave your fort/bomb shelter/farm [...]
Self Sufficient Family has affiliate ads. Over there on the side bars.
What’s up with the ads? First, getting from your typical modern lifestyle to self sufficiency does require money. Money to get out of debt. Money to buy land and housing. Money to buy tools etc….
You need some money making [...]
Atlantic Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times
Need some tips on what to do about Peak Oil?
What Do You Call Someone Who Wants to Get Their Hands on Your 5-Year-Old?
Need more reasons to homeschool, or, at least, question the schooling your kids are subjected to, now? I found this reference in the article:
Nine Assumptions, Twenty-one Facts
http://howtofixbikes.blogspot.com/
Gerry (the owner of said blog) emailed me the other day. He thought SelfSufficientFamily.com readers might be interested in his blog.
He has a whole lot of info on fixing your bike yourself. And some really cool projects you can do, too! I was really interested in his trailer projects. Gerry even [...]
Possum Living - How to Live Well Without a Job and (almost) No Money
A great book from the late ’70s. Somebody pointed to it off TheOilDrum.
The section about dealing with your own legal matters isn’t something you find many people willing to consider these days. Like the rest of the book, the author [...]
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From a comment at The Oil Drum (see [...]
Alternative Energy Job Market Heats Up - SolarEnergyMag.com
Looks like more folks are getting on the self sufficient train.
If you need a reason to get your self sufficient family finances in order read this:
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts02112006.html
Note the author’s background before dismissing it as a bunch of Bush hater propaganda.
How to Survive Economic Collapse
http://www.buildanark.net/survival_stories.html (no registration required)
One man’s life surviving (in a major metropolitan area) the collapse of Argentina’s economy in 2001.
I’m posting this again because it’s so damn important. You must read about a modern day experience to plan properly.
Note his comments on rural living.
The above link does not require [...]
Alpha Strategy is an excellent book by John Pugsley published in 1980. I bought it at a used bookstore about 6 months ago and am using it to help with my planning. You can get it now! It is available by free download at the link above!
Pugsley does a great job educating [...]
http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_05/baltin110205.html
This article over at www.gold-eagle.com discusses, in part, an IMF report about fiat currencies in the 20th century.
What struck me was how many countries have had to deal with the problems of hyperinflation and economic collapse in the last 75 years.
This article and underlying report combined with my earlier post about surviving economic collapse in [...]
Have you thought about how to make money after gas gets to be $10/gallon? I am.
You can bet that EVERYTHING is going to be different.
As an example: People will begin to change their travel habits dramatically. (They already have.) Fewer trips to the store, commuting to work etc….
Anything having to do [...]
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