Just listened to this episode. It's great that you're including different income streams/financial capital.
If self reliant bothers you, consider survival or disaster preparedness. While the prepper community has a stigma for being paranoid and some people are, there's great wisdom in being prepared and regardless of how prepared we might think we are, very few people are truly self reliant.
Your general list of things to do was pretty good but one that most people forget is practice. You can't just buy a generator and never use it. The last thing you want is to be learning to use something when your life depends on it.
Medical training and continued use is vital.
Communication is often overlooked. If the grid goes down your cell phone isn't going to work and you either need a way to communicate with your team (HAM radio, meshtastic, etc) or you need a PACE plan that everyone is versed in and can implement.
Water storage is useless if you don't also have a way to filter and purify. 3000 gallons of stagnant bacteria filled water is no good to anyone.
Team/Community - No one is really self reliant and if your city has experienced a dark sky event, has a prolonged power outage, etc then eventually you're going to need a team in close proximity for both safety and survival. Find ways to befriend your neighbors and consider discussing some basics with likeminded folks.
Bartering - Having items to trade or barter could be a huge benefit
Planning: Does your family know what to do in case of an emergency? What would you do if your car broke down in your city, or out of town? What if there was a national disaster while you were several hours away from home? How would you handle an active shooter in public? What if the city electrical grid stopped working and there was no water?
Coming up with a list like yours and working through each item to get things in order is a great idea. This is a set of skills that have been highly ignored by many Christians.
Just listened to this episode. It's great that you're including different income streams/financial capital.
If self reliant bothers you, consider survival or disaster preparedness. While the prepper community has a stigma for being paranoid and some people are, there's great wisdom in being prepared and regardless of how prepared we might think we are, very few people are truly self reliant.
Your general list of things to do was pretty good but one that most people forget is practice. You can't just buy a generator and never use it. The last thing you want is to be learning to use something when your life depends on it.
Medical training and continued use is vital.
Communication is often overlooked. If the grid goes down your cell phone isn't going to work and you either need a way to communicate with your team (HAM radio, meshtastic, etc) or you need a PACE plan that everyone is versed in and can implement.
Water storage is useless if you don't also have a way to filter and purify. 3000 gallons of stagnant bacteria filled water is no good to anyone.
Team/Community - No one is really self reliant and if your city has experienced a dark sky event, has a prolonged power outage, etc then eventually you're going to need a team in close proximity for both safety and survival. Find ways to befriend your neighbors and consider discussing some basics with likeminded folks.
Bartering - Having items to trade or barter could be a huge benefit
Planning: Does your family know what to do in case of an emergency? What would you do if your car broke down in your city, or out of town? What if there was a national disaster while you were several hours away from home? How would you handle an active shooter in public? What if the city electrical grid stopped working and there was no water?
Coming up with a list like yours and working through each item to get things in order is a great idea. This is a set of skills that have been highly ignored by many Christians.
Love this! I’d love to figure out how to execute on step 4, creating a cash flowing asset
I like this but in the places where you used “self sufficiency” I would say “financial freedom”.