The 6th Installment in the Series: How to be Resilient COPING Today our society is awash with so many ridiculous regulations, coddling rules, and legislating societal mores that seem to be the norm these days. It seems like those attempts to bolster the life experience across the board are actually weakening the self foundational pillars [...]
With my days of raising my own children past me, I look to the younger set in their efforts in teaching those they give birth to the best things that this earth has to offer. One of the best ways a parent could prepare their children for this world is to give them the skills [...]
CONTRIBUTION When I was in grade school the teachers would often say that participation, contributing to the class, and doing the assignments were a good portion of what you got graded upon. I have never really fancied myself as a joiner, even at that age, and so quite often my grades didn't reflect what my [...]
Character What can be said about Character? Out of the first few of this Self Reliance List*, it is the first one that gets into what you really are or what you really could be. In times past, the character of a man (or woman) was what they portrayed to others, what other people saw. [...]
Thoughts on Confidence and How To Teach It Each and every one of us struggles with confidence issues. You can bet your bottom dollar, that can be said about just about everyone that has ever drawn breath on this great green and blue globe of ours. That the billions, and may I even say trillions [...]
When you are thinking of the things you need to do to become more self-sustaining, not relying as hard upon (or solely) the established societal practices that would, if they were to go away, severely disrupt or cause bodily harm (the no eating or drinking bit of living, for example) there are a few things [...]
“Everyone who lives in the city is going to die when the SHTF.” It roils me a bit when I read that, and not because I live so close to a city, but it just isn't true. Wherever you live, in good times and bad, there are pros and cons. Your job is to prepare [...]
We have all heard that if we don't learn from our past, we are destined to relive it and when it comes to the economy and the cycles that naturally happen (which have been messed with for the last 40 years) you will have your ebbs and flows. Because financial institutions have been messing with [...]
Each year the time to file your taxes seems to come sooner and sooner. And whether you pay or get a refund, that time of year gets you thinking how better can I make my money to work for me? Especially, when the money is a little harder to come by. With that in mind, [...]
There was a time when I was new to all this self-reliance stuff and to be honest, that time was not that long ago. The memory of getting started is still fresh in my mind to this day, I am in awe of those objectives that seemed so far ahead of me. That is not [...]
