Thanks for an in depth look into self sufficiency living @bigdizzle91. I think a good attitude also goes a long way with this philosophy, less is more. If one dwells in the difficult aspects it is easy to get over whelmed. There are so many great people out there willing to share their experience that help is a few key strokes away. I also have desire to live this life style but am not there yet. So instead of focusing on that I looked around my life and started to get ride of the crap that is just taking up space in my life. I simplified and downsized my stuff.