Ways To Increase Our Self-Sufficiency

Reader Contribution by Anneli Carter-Sundqvist
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By carefully evaluating what’s really a true necessity, we’re able to increase our self sufficiency, for example by planting apple trees.

Homesteading is to me to live in self-reliance, simplicity and mindfulness. To be able to do that in a way that feels true to what we believe in, I’ve found that it demands a narrow definition of what I put in the word enough. In the spirit of self-sufficiency, we want are needs to be limited, so that we can keep meet them at home.

For us, homesteading is also about acknowledging that we as humans are a part of the natural world and it’s a responsibility to use natural resources mindfully so to not waste them. To me the natural world is the real world and I also believe that most kinds of excess creates a barrier between me and it, whether it’s in the form of participating in the modern, illusionary financial system or the mental distractions of having too much to maintain and manage.

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