Introduction to colorfield.space:70/1/~tfurrows
  Tfurrows self-sufficiency gopher hole
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This gopher hole is dedicated to concepts of self-
sufficiency. Since I was a teen, I've been interested in
ideas relating to living off the land and survival. As an
adult, I've made various attempts to structure my life
in a self-sufficient way. This hole explores that journey.

I've decided to organize this gopher hole down into four
main folders, each representing a major aspect of self-
sufficiency as I see it. The folder contents will be related
to each topic, but may vary in layout.

Phlog-style posts will go in the home folder, and will be
date-stamped. Content in the sub-folders will not be date-
stamped, but the contents will be dated. Files will change
from time-to-time (which I'll hopefully remember to record
in the changelog.)

A breakdown of each folder follows.

# Frugality

Conservation is critical any time you're dealing with
finite resources. Viewed in terms of survival, all life-
giving resources should be viewed as finite, no matter
how easy they may be to procure at any given point in
time. A virtual guarantee of longevity is no guarantee at
all; every resource is subject to loss.

Frugality is the "careful management of anything valuable,
which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is
used to a profitable purpose."

# Production

Self-sufficiency demands that the individual learn to
produce or procure, both with and without external aid, all
the necessities of life.

The ability to produce is intimately connected with
frugality and society. Production efficiency is secondary,
but still an important element.

# Society

Life has taught me that I cannot really exist without other
humans. Some people may be capable of this, but I am not,
no matter how strongly I wish to run off and live in the
woods.

Society is an absolute reality for most humans. Self-
sufficiency does not imply a reliance on self to the
exclusion of all external collaboration. There is great
power in group effort, and society strongly supports
concepts of frugality and production efficiency.

Society may also be a threat to self-sufficiency, and the
power that society has over the individual must be
mitigated.

# Philosophy

Preppers, survivalist, and off-gridders are necessarily
philosophers. Individuals like myself, who don't warrant any
of these titles, may also be philosophers. Philosophy is a
cornerstone of self-sufficiency; it's what gives the raw
concepts enough power to alter lifestyles.

If philosophy is "Literally, the love of, inducing the
search after, wisdom," then the person who seeks self-
sufficiency does so because they understand the wisdom in
frugality, production, and society.

You cannot seperate philosophy from self-sufficiency.


Document updated 04 APR 2019
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