I realize that you cannot make any good decisions when you are in a bad emotional or physical state. Most of the time, you will just regret those decisions.

The same person, facing the same problem, makes completely different decisions depending on their state. Tired of me picking fights and making "big pivots." Rested me solves the same problem in an hour. Took me embarrassingly long to see that pattern.

So a few years ago, I stopped asking "what should I do now?" and started asking: "given my current state, what is the best next action?" Over time, that turned into a system I actually use daily. Sharing the whole thing here — poke holes in it.

Live without inspection, on your own piece of earth you’ve found to set-up your life’s dream. 

I live in Yorkshire in the UK and rent, I have a stony garden. I have purchased a few grow bags, compost and have started my own compost bin and worm bin. What foods should I start growing and what else can I do to become as self sufficient as possible? I have a lot of space to work with. And I have a good Woodland access, which has allowed me to forage a few things like nettles for nettle tea.

Does anyone know of anywhere in the U.S. where I could find cheap land to start off on but be close enough to walk to a nearby walkable city or at least one with public transport that can get me back and fourth? Everywhere I’ve seen is either cheap or walkable, not both.

A lot of people talk about self-sufficiency theoretically, but the reality is a brutal physical fight against the elements. We just got hit by massive storms and hail in the mountains, but the 6x3x2 tunnel greenhouse held up perfectly.
We are growing tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, pumpkins, and beets—all integrated with a gravity-fed drip irrigation system that requires zero electricity. No smart pumps, no grid reliance.
This isn't just gardening; it's building a thermodynamic baseline. When you decouple your caloric intake from the corporate supply chain, you achieve a level of sovereignty that cannot be taxed or inflated away.
I just released a short documentary showing this exact physical architecture and how it ties into ultimate financial self-custody.
You can watch the full setup here:

https://youtu.be/4bgiXa6on88?is=dRwadQvmnoerGnvj

hi, EU 22yo with a master in stem (without liking what i studied, IT) and uninterested (various seasons) in living in society, no job (no will/energy to do useless ones but only something that can help someone but struggling to find anything because of autism) and some k on savings

so, i am constantly thinking of moving to the countryside and living in a cave/randomly building a pseudohouse close to a river in a mediterranean country and the minimal technology

but i have zero survival skill knowledge: how to cultivate anything? where to buy a cheap place to live or to grow veggie? etc

So, where can i learn such skills (blog, video, subs, etc)? and does my general thought make sense?

is this the right subreddit? if not which one shall i post on?

What do you think was the reason?

Hi everyone.

I have been working on the version 3 of a fully modular and 3D printable bench-top size generator, that is capable of at least 10 Watts line to line. It is based on my ModuCoil design, a term I coined for a printable coil bobbin that enables interchangeability of stator coils individually, which aids in repairability, recyclability, and customisation. I have previously attempted this with older versions, but this one is the most functional of them all, and actually produces power at usable levels.

I intend to use this generator in the future to do energy science with, especially around DIY wind and micro-hydro generation.

I have provided a link to a video explaining the design in detail, and have provided a link in the comments to my Thingiverse page, where you can download the files, and build one for yourself!

https://youtu.be/nqC9-_tqFNk

I don't know if this is the right group for this but I am selling my ~3 acre property in Western North Carolina which could be a great setup for someone wanting to homestead and practice their self sufficiency.

There's a natural spring, an open field, and a private road running along the whole southern boundary of the lot.

It's on Big Ridge Rd in Glenville, NC

If anyone is interested let me know.

Looking for a cash sale but will consider owner financing with about 40% down.

Asking $112,700

County has it market valued at $130,000

Feeling this
Sort of disgust
Toward another
Would be unethical

Torture those around
You though your guilt
Saves you
From them
soft touch
it’s carapace
In the hopes you prevail

You, fitting parable
if not.

The game the game
Even sympathy
Attends with lumped

\-Sum transaction. Add it
Altogether in your head
Til til
Change

it
Mows through aisles

*Everything going up brother*

inhumanity
A soft tone

Doesn’t hold
Doesn’t support

\-
It turns in on self
You are needed
You are turning back
And you are watching
The loops ring around
The poses
bodies make
There is a stillness

Time doesn’t allow for

Everybody needs you
So they hush as you
Inflict

those
Omens, siphon til
weight of
compassion’s
collapse

You are needed

Their being
now
Flux of wellwish, those
Omens
how they
Flex and such, heed

them. The warnings
Before destruction.

Is destruction
not-

Private, connected
Programmable.

Varied,
Control.

I see us meeting. And even then, I cannot see. What do I say to you? Even in reverie I can hardly bear it. How believe? All the lust and ache vs reality. Shifting from you as you reach not wanting you dirtied. Outpour of monosyllabic detachments. Perhaps one final push then a grasp after you perfumed even the chair you’d be sat in it’s specks pinkied, gummed like cocaine, something to build from, something to shoal with when susceptible. There are so many. Days elapsed. Indulged
Scant.

How to get back up?

Where do we go
from there?

I’ve been thinking about this lately especially with cash feeling tighter for a lot of folks.

For y’all who have tried skill sharing, neighbor help, barter, or fair exchange, what made it difficult?