July – Self Reliance Skills

As America celebrates Independence Day on July 4, it’s the perfect month to focus on ways to be more independent. What skills or purchases would make you feel more self reliant (i.e., less reliant on the government, grocery stores, or others)?

• Learn a new way to gather your own food (i.e., hunting, fishing, foraging, or gardening).

• Master different methods for building a fire.

• Fix something on your own using manuals.

• Find recipes for your favorite foods and make them from scratch.

• Preserve food.

• Foraging for food.

• Learn how to sew.

• Learn how to filter/purify water.

• Build a shelter and sleep in it.

• Go through a first aid course.

• Buy less, Reuse, Recycle

• Cut back on processed foods.