Self Sufficiency Goals for 2011

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great Christmas. If like me you had too much to each and drink, then I’m sure you’ve made a new years resolution to lose some weight, or get fitter.

I like to set myself goals each year, and break them down into monthly to do lists so [...]

Homeward Bound

Well it’s been a mad few weeks what with one thing another. We’ve entered the silly season at my day job, which has necessitated quite a bit of unexpected business travel. That’s pretty disruptive to everything else, including posting new articles, however I may have discovered a solution to that little challenge.

Exciting news! We’ve also [...]

Getting Started - Ten Practical Steps to becoming more Self Sufficient

I thought it was time for a series of articles that give you some practical things you can do to increase your level of self sufficiency. Remember, when we talk about Self Sufficiency we are talking about a change of mindset, taking responsibility for our own, and our family’s needs. To that end here are [...]

Self Sufficiency: Why?

First, I must apologise for the delay in posting. My day job has consumed a huge amount of my additional time over the last week and despite best efforts, I haven’t been able to find time to write. I’ve marked myself “must do better”, and that is my fervent aim! I’ve also been working on a [...]

So. where are we?

As those of you who have checked out the site will already know, we’re still in the process of getting everything set up. While we get things as we want them, we’re aiming to post three or four times per week so we can test the layout, navigation, etc. and begin to bring you some [...]

The Self Sufficiency Continuum

What is “self sufficiency”? The answer to that question is complex, however the following diagram outlines the concept.

The Self Sufficiency Continuum

 Any individual should be able to place themselves in the relevant zone. By nature of the fact that you’re reading this, you’re unlikely to be in the first category;

Depdent & Unaware

These are the poor souls [...]

Welcome.

Hi,

This site is intended to cover self sufficiency and self reliance in it’s broadest definition, and in coming articles I hope to cover a wide variety of subjects that may help the individual to become more self sufficient, whilst also discussing why I believe we should strive for this in the first place.

I believe todays civilised world [...]