Why Most People Will Never Be Self-reliant

Freedom and Self-reliance

So we just ame back from a "self-reliance" festival... I'm not really sure why I put that in quotes like that. It really was about self-reliance!

Overall it was super inspiring, we listened to people talk about all sorts of things from Backyard Soil Building, Composting overview and Methods to How to do a local threat assessment and Area Study for emergency preparedness and community security planning.

There were talks on food preservation, natural building, making or distilling for fuel with demonstrations. All with a decent amount of time for Q and A.

The majority of people who were there were already homesteading or well on their way to braking away from the life they hate to one they actually want to live! That was nice to see everyone there really being into that lifestyle.

Doomsday Preppers

For me, there was a little too much of the militant doomsday prepper element. There's nothing wrong with that, because there is a load of great information to collect for everyone's preparedness planning. Do you know you neighbors by name? Do you know who is into what, or who may be a threat when suit hits the fan? What about the nearest hospital or the quickest rout out of your area if need be?

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There's a lot to take in, but all those people have something of great importance to teach for anyone looking to be better off when something goes wrong.

Inspiring Takeaways

This was not a doomsday prepper festival, there were people of all walks of life who had one thing in common, and that was living as free as we can in this society. Weather that's done through living on the cheap with all sorts of passive off-grid systems to lower bills or making arrangements with your neighbors to help each other when shit goes down... it's all about the same thing!

What was most inspiring for me was the encouragements to start monetizing your skills. And getting out of the rat race by finding and growing a network of like minded individuals.

We are homesteading on a small scale, and we're constantly growing and opening up new income streams, but our network has stopped growing so that's something we have to work on. I also want to make a greater effort making our home more energy efficient.

See I told you I was inspired by this festival!!!!

Most will not become self-reliant

That's right, the bulk of people online and everywhere other than these festivals will never find the time and energy it takes to get off the grid and become the type of human that isn't reliant on the fragile establishment that is holding the bull of this circus.

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So here are some reasons why people will never achieve self-reliance, it show they don't really want it:

It takes a lot of work and dedication
It's very daunting
Normies will judge you
Loved ones may not understand
Feeling alone
Feeling week
Fear of failure

I mean the list can go on for days... I think you get my drift. It's really all the same reasons people don't chase their dream of any kind.

Conclusion

Get out of your comfort zone, and go to meet-up, festivals, or whatever you wanna call them... go and seek out your tribe. Ko matter what you want in life, no matter how much you may think your philosophy is unique you will find others who like the things you like.

I walked away from this thing rejuvenated with fresh ideas to work on, and new ways to be more effective with reaching our goals.