#self-sustaining

[dg-fragments]

what's your self sustaining happiness?

Self-sustaining happiness, eh? That's a tough question. I've tried to answer this when I am myself in a better place.

I think we spend a good part of our lives trying to uncover our self-sustaining happiness, because at the end of the day, we all want to be happy. (or do we? but that's a question for another time)

For me, I am not entirely sure what is my self-sustaining happiness because there are many things at different instances of time that bring me happiness. For instance, at times its spending time with my family, at some other times it is solitude also; often it's related to sports as well and feeling appreciated at work. In the midst of all this I am definitely blessed and there's a lot for me to be grateful for.

I hope this answers your question and my apologies for responding super late.

#asks #anon asks #answered asks #DGanswers #dg-fragments #life #happiness #self-sustaining #gratitude #apologies for lateness

[samueldeckerthompson]

We spend far too much time tangled up in the dream of living a simple life,

while never making the slightest move to try and escape our complicated reality.

-Samuel Decker Thompson

#poetry #spoken word #vanlife #self-sustaining #self sustainability #tiny home

[august--and-everything-after]

Ok actual real goal of my forever is to build a life where I'm doing so many things daily (or regularly) that support my mental health that I no longer need antidepressants. I know they're essential to me for the time being cause the alternative is - not something I want to talk about - but I think with the right, highly focused combination of habits I can support myself drug-free.

#for example #apparently with a certain (duration/frequency/intensity) of exercise you can equal or better the impact of antidepressants #i need to follow up cause i only saw this in a video by a licensed psych doctor but id like my own look at the evidence #plus there are a ton of things you can do (or not do) that demonstrably support your mental health when done (or avoided) with regularity #ive always know meds are essentially the pilot light of my coping/recovery but i always struggle with the follow thru #the aim is to use the springboard of medication to help build a lifestyle that truly supports and nourishes me to the point that its #self-sustaining #i do believe it's possible. i just havent landed on the right combo of help+effort yet #august talking #mental health

[prep4tomoro]

Learn to be More Self-Sufficient:

Consider this: Living things, like humans, consume food and water to survive. When we can no longer buy what we need to survive, will we revert to savagery, die or peacefully and lawfully raise and gather our own? With each passing day, the world gets crazier and more volatile. In a serious national or global food shortage, where will you get your food when your sources and stockpile have been depleted? When that last "straw" breaks the camel's back, don't be caught unprepared. It is not enough to hoard food and water and supplies. They won't last forever. Applying methods to self-replenish these resources is necessary for anyone serious about emergency planning. LEARN TO: Plant a Garden Raise Livestock Hunt, Fish and Trap Forage for, and Gather, Wild Edible Plants Collect Rainwater Find Natural Water Sources Make Bad Water Drinkable Build a Fire Barter with your skills or extra supplies Make Your Own Personal Care and House Cleaning Supplies Reload Ammunition 365+ Preparedness/Self-Reliance/Survival Skills/Tips to Learn Defeat Mediocrity - Pursue a Strenuous Life Begin NOW to be less reliant on technology and commercial suppliers. Do It Yourself (DIY). Become Self-Reliant. Resources: The Self Sufficient Backyard NO GRID Survival Projects (Book Details) [Reference Link] Related Resources: Never Stop Learning New Skills Things I Wish I Had Known BEFORE I Started Prepping When the Food Runs Out Sustainable / Replenishable / Renewable Food and Water Sources Get Drinking Water from the Air, Ground and Undrinkable Water Reduce Dependency on Commercial Food

[14-Point Emergency Preparedness Checklist] [11-Cs Basic Emergency Kit] [The Ultimate Preparation] [5six7 Menu]

#food #water #depleted #foodRunsOut #prepper #survival #shtf #gardening #livestock #hunting #fishing #selfreliance #self-sustaining #rainwater #diy #shelter #wildEdibles #trapping #defense #prepare4tomorrow #5six7 #homesteading

[themandalalady]

24-081 Self-Sufficiency

Self-Sufficiency “able to maintain oneself without aid” I learned at an early age to be as self-sufficient as I can. Being the oldest of four children in my family, I had to take on more mature roles early on in order to help take care of my brothers and with the household chores. By 12-13, I was a built-in babysitter for all four of us. I recall a distant memory of my parents telling me that…

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#abstract mandala #acrylics #art #core values #independent #inks #Love #mandala #mandala art #mandala artist #mandala drawing #mandala to color #meditation #paint pens #posca pens #self-sufficiency #self-sustaining #the mandala lady #value words #watercolor paper

[idealog]

#BUDDHA #The One #“One” #Jove #MASTER JESUS #Inclusion #Exclusion #Greed #Selfishness #Solipsism #ego #egoless #Self-Sustaining #Sovereign Soul #v. #animism #Translation #Telestial #Terrestrial Kingdom #Celestial Kingdom #KINGDOM #Kingdom #CROWN'D #Harmony #Kingdom Crowned #KINGDOM OF THE STARS #ONE #LAW #Justice #Free

[clangalanglady-blog]

Critical mass is the point at which a growing company becomes self-sustaining and no longer needs additional investment to remain economically viable

investopedia

#critical mass #self-sustaining #investment

[justinempire]

Self-Sustaining

#Self-Sustaining

[samwisethewitch]

Homemaking, gardening, and self-sufficiency resources that won't radicalize you into a hate group

It seems like self-sufficiency and homemaking skills are blowing up right now. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic crisis, a lot of folks, especially young people, are looking to develop skills that will help them be a little bit less dependent on our consumerist economy. And I think that's generally a good thing. I think more of us should know how to cook a meal from scratch, grow our own vegetables, and mend our own clothes. Those are good skills to have.

Unfortunately, these "self-sufficiency" skills are often used as a recruiting tactic by white supremacists, TERFs, and other hate groups. They become a way to reconnect to or relive the "good old days," a romanticized (false) past before modern society and civil rights. And for a lot of people, these skills are inseparably connected to their politics and may even be used as a tool to indoctrinate new people.

In the spirit of building safe communities, here's a complete list of the safe resources I've found for learning homemaking, gardening, and related skills. Safe for me means queer- and trans-friendly, inclusive of different races and cultures, does not contain Christian preaching, and does not contain white supremacist or TERF dog whistles.

Homemaking/Housekeeping/Caring for your home:

Making It by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen [book] (The big crunchy household DIY book; includes every level of self-sufficiency from making your own toothpaste and laundry soap to setting up raised beds to butchering a chicken. Authors are explicitly left-leaning.)

Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair by Mercury Stardust [book] (A guide to simple home repair tasks, written with rentals in mind; very compassionate and accessible language.)

How To Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis [book] (The book about cleaning and housework for people who get overwhelmed by cleaning and housework, based on the premise that messiness is not a moral failing; disability and neurodivergence friendly; genuinely changed how I approach cleaning tasks.)

Gardening

Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale [book] (Really great introduction to urban gardening; explicitly discusses renter-friendly garden designs in small spaces; lots of DIY solutions using recycled materials; note that the author lives in England, so check if plants are invasive in your area before putting them in the ground.)

Country/Rural Living:

Woodsqueer by Gretchen Legler [book] (Memoir of a lesbian who lives and works on a rural farm in Maine with her wife; does a good job of showing what it's like to be queer in a rural space; CW for mentions of domestic violence, infidelity/cheating, and internalized homophobia)

"Debunking the Off-Grid Fantasy" by Maggie Mae Fish [video essay] (Deconstructs the off-grid lifestyle and the myth of self-reliance)

Sewing/Mending:

Annika Victoria [YouTube channel] (No longer active, but their videos are still a great resource for anyone learning to sew; check out the beginner project playlist to start. This is where I learned a lot of what I know about sewing.)

Make, Sew, and Mend by Bernadette Banner [book] (A very thorough written introduction to hand-sewing, written by a clothing historian; lots of fun garment history facts; explicitly inclusive of BIPOC, queer, and trans sewists.)

Sustainability/Land Stewardship

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [book] (Most of you have probably already read this one or had it recommended to you, but it really is that good; excellent example of how traditional animist beliefs -- in this case, indigenous American beliefs -- can exist in healthy symbiosis with science; more philosophy than how-to, but a great foundational resource.)

Wild Witchcraft by Rebecca Beyer [book] (This one is for my fellow witches; one of my favorite witchcraft books, and an excellent example of a place-based practice deeply rooted in the land.)

Avoiding the "Crunchy to Alt Right Pipeline"

Note: the "crunchy to alt-right pipeline" is a term used to describe how white supremacists and other far right groups use "crunchy" spaces (i.e., spaces dedicated to farming, homemaking, alternative medicine, simple living/slow living, etc.) to recruit and indoctrinate people into their movements. Knowing how this recruitment works can help you recognize it when you do encounter it and avoid being influenced by it.

"The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline" by Kathleen Belew [magazine article] (Good, short introduction to this issue and its history.)

Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby (I feel like I need to give a content warning: this book contains explicit descriptions of racism, white supremacy, and Neo Nazis, and it's a very difficult read, but it really is a great, in-depth breakdown of the role women play in the alt-right; also explicitly addresses the crunchy to alt-right pipeline.)

These are just the resources I've personally found helpful, so if anyone else has any they want to add, please, please do!

#homemaking #homemaking resources #gardening #urban gardening #self sufficiency #self sufficient living #sustainability #sustainable living #homesteading #nontrad homemaker #nontrad housewife #urban homesteading #solarpunk #cottagecore #kitchen witch #kitchen witchcraft #crunchy to alt right pipeline #book rec #book recommendations #resource #long post #mine #racism tw #racism mention #transphobia tw #transphobia mention

[beaft]

after spending many hours as the squishiest and most useless member of my party, i have finally settled on a decent build for chanterelle. i call it the Boys Build. it goes like this: chanterelle is able to summon up to fifteen Boys at any one time (regular zombies, mushroom zombies, dryads, etc). when there's a fight, chanterelle turns invisible, hides behind a rock, and sends in The Boys to do the dirty work. i have now won multiple fights using the Boys method without taking a single point of damage. it's not glamorous but it works

#the best part is if a zombie kills an enemy that enemy also becomes a zombie #the Boys are a self-sustaining ecosystem #it's great #bg3

[ride-a-dromedary]

#I am self sustaining atp and i'm okay with this #BG3 #Wyll Ravengard #Halsin #wyllsin #bg3edit #otheredits #my stuff #would you look at that it's 11pm gif time #i TOLD you wyll was gonna get all the forehead kisses he deserves #and boy did he because i did this at least thirty times trying to get a good shot #it's okay he deserves it <3 #and in thirty+ times i have realized that two out of the four kisses have glitches in their expression animation lmao #anyway them <3 #s/o to the free cam mod for making me more obnoxious than i am usually

[birchsapfaerie]

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#farmcore #farm aesthetic #homesteading #homesteading aesthetic #eggs #chicken eggs #preserving #self sustainability #cottagecore #comfortcore

[taikk0]

the unspoken broflovski family curse

#added the doodle late oops #taikko art #dont ask me what happened to my old sketchy painted ish style when i first started making sp art #did you know?? that i enjoy?? not? hurting??????????? #its south park let me take it easy ugh finally i can draw in a style thats easy rottmnt artstyle kicked my ass #'why is kyles son wearing a different outfit?' i headcanon that kyles daughter is actually wearing hand me downs from him!! #i desperately need confirmed names omfg #I LOVE CHARACTERS WITH BARELY ANY CHARACTER TO THEM!! IT MEANS I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!! #me when i get to slap personalities and headcanons on characters that were on screen for less than a minute <3 #i need to read peoples headcanons on them please im so uncreative and i need to eat i am NOT self sustaining #south park #south park art #south park fanart #sp fanart #sp art #sp fandom #south park fandom #south park post covid #sp post covid #post covid #kyle #kyle broflovski #sp kyle #south park kyle #pc kyle #post covid kyle

[prep4tomoro]

Things I Wish I'd Known BEFORE I Started Prepping:

Don’t waste your time, money and energy by repeating the same mistakes many others have already made. Learn from our mistakes here. PREPPING TIPS:

1. Your Supplies/Stockpiles Won't Last Forever! Do It Yourself; become more Self-Sufficient and less reliant on technology and commercial suppliers. 2. Start Living Below Your Means Right Now 3. Don't Blow All Your Money In The First Month. Proceed slowly with pre-determined goals. 4. Store Plenty Of Water (NOT In Old Milk Jugs) 5. Don't Buy Food Your Family Doesn't Eat 6. Store More Than Just Canned Food. Dehydrated foods last longer and lighter to carry if bug-out is necessary. Remember water to rehydrate. 7. Use Sturdy Shelves For Your Storage 8. Don't Put All Your Preps In One Place 9. There's More To Prepping Than How Much You Store (knowledge and skills) 10. Don't Forget About Hygiene and Sanitation 11. Don't Forget About Those With Special Needs (glasses, prescription meds, oxygen, wheelchairs, etc.) 12. Don't Forget About Your Pets 13. Don't Be The Only Prepper In Your Household (the entire family needs to be on board) 14. Don't Tell Everyone About Your Preps (when disaster strikes, you'll have a line of people at your door) 15. Stay In Shape (emergency situations can be physically exhausting) 16. Don't Assume Your Stockpile Of Guns And Ammo Will Keep You Safe (avoid confrontation and Learn how to be stealthy) 17. Have A Plan For Getting Home or Reconntecting with family/friends (you may not be there when disaster strikes) 18. Don't Make Assumptions About What Will Happen (have a plan A and a plan B or more) 19. Test Everything Yourself (Dont assume equipment will work properly when they are needed) 20. Take Baby Steps (they will quickly add up to a very long way and stop frustration) 21. Be aware of signs and indications that something bad is about to happen. Put your emergency plan in motion. 22. The End Of The World Isn't Tomorrow (technically it could be but enjoy all that life has to offer)

[Reference Link]

[14-Point Emergency Preps Checklist] [11-Cs Basic Emergency Kit] [Learn to be More Self-Sufficient] [The Ultimate Preparation]

#prepare4tomorrow #prepper #survival #shtf #diy #selfreliance #self-sustaining #self sufficient #prepping #survivalist #bushcraft #hiking #camping

[keepingitneutral]

Happier Camper's !

#art #design #nature #interior design #interiors #trailer #glamping #camping #california #happier camper #camper #travels #nomad #modular #sustainability #self sufficiency #fun #retrofuturism #glam #summer #holidays #freedom

[writeouswriter]

Two people with the exact same brand of ADHD and shared intense hyperfixation clicked too hard, 100 dead, thousands injured, 3 million new timelines unlocked, a single starting line of conversation ending in 400 new novel length messages sent and one month between reply times

#adhd #audhd maybe #met a new mutual and we're on such the same page telepathically we spiralled into overwhelming convo length in so much excitement from both #ends we have scared each other off i think #because we so easily could talk to each other and fly inro tangents that the messages grew and grew and i simultaneously love them and find #myself unable to wrangle them because they are self sustaining convos beautiful and thriving the way mint thrives! #you know?? #god they bring me joy but also i need to be in full focus mode for hours to respond #they're so brilliant we bounce off of and expand on each other's thoughts effortlessly we are so the same we cannot be contained!! #girl help!