ArkTinkerer
Full time employment: Posting here.
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- Aug 12, 2014
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Thought about putting this under money but its more about lifestyle than just money.
I notice a lot of threads here walk all around the subject of self-sufficiency but after a couple years lurking I haven't seen a thread that really embraces it. There is the repair thread and gardening gets touched on but more as a hobby from what I can see. Most of the discussions about money talk about making sure we budget for repairs and maintenance. I see some discussions about being frugal but self-sufficient is a little different than that.
I hunt on some family property for meat (deer/hogs/small game) but we do buy some chicken/turkey/beef. Don't do as much fishing or gardening as I want but will hopefully do more when I leave megacorp. I have almost always done most of my own vehicle repairs. I do most of the repairs on our home and rental property. Another thread here is about the workshop I want to complete for my retirement years. $$ are for taxes, healthcare, utilities, those thing I just can't do for myself. I can't do these things forever but I see folks up into their 70's doing almost all these things. This seems to me to be a very different outlook from what others have presented here.
From what I can tell, many (most?) on this site have higher incomes, more assets than I do. I suspect many are coming from working in large metroplexes and downsizing, perhaps moving to lower cost of living locations. Maybe cities are not the place to develop the skills for self-sufficiency?
Plans for me are maintain a garden. Maybe rabbits and chickens. Certainly more hunting and fishing. Working on learning the old skills for preserving meats and a root cellar. Continue doing more of our repairs. All of this but the hunting is still possible on a city lot (or two). One of the things I'm really looking forward to is being able to pursue these on a seasonal rather than vacation schedule!
Just curious what other folks are looking at for self-sufficiency goals as part of their plans for FIRE. Is it something you don't want to do or just never thought about? Maybe I missed a thread and the search engine has a bug!
ArkTinkerer
I notice a lot of threads here walk all around the subject of self-sufficiency but after a couple years lurking I haven't seen a thread that really embraces it. There is the repair thread and gardening gets touched on but more as a hobby from what I can see. Most of the discussions about money talk about making sure we budget for repairs and maintenance. I see some discussions about being frugal but self-sufficient is a little different than that.
I hunt on some family property for meat (deer/hogs/small game) but we do buy some chicken/turkey/beef. Don't do as much fishing or gardening as I want but will hopefully do more when I leave megacorp. I have almost always done most of my own vehicle repairs. I do most of the repairs on our home and rental property. Another thread here is about the workshop I want to complete for my retirement years. $$ are for taxes, healthcare, utilities, those thing I just can't do for myself. I can't do these things forever but I see folks up into their 70's doing almost all these things. This seems to me to be a very different outlook from what others have presented here.
From what I can tell, many (most?) on this site have higher incomes, more assets than I do. I suspect many are coming from working in large metroplexes and downsizing, perhaps moving to lower cost of living locations. Maybe cities are not the place to develop the skills for self-sufficiency?
Plans for me are maintain a garden. Maybe rabbits and chickens. Certainly more hunting and fishing. Working on learning the old skills for preserving meats and a root cellar. Continue doing more of our repairs. All of this but the hunting is still possible on a city lot (or two). One of the things I'm really looking forward to is being able to pursue these on a seasonal rather than vacation schedule!
Just curious what other folks are looking at for self-sufficiency goals as part of their plans for FIRE. Is it something you don't want to do or just never thought about? Maybe I missed a thread and the search engine has a bug!
ArkTinkerer