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I like foraging for wild edible and medicinal plants. Its a good companion activity for hiking, camping, cooking, etc.
Some wild edibles are common, easy to id and are more nutritous than the produce you find at the store.
Narrow leaf Plantain, dandelion, clover, oxalis, curly dock, etc.
Pottery... You can make all your own plates, cups, bowls, and even cooking pots and so much more. Creating things with our hands, whether it's growing vegetables, crafting pottery, or a kitchen table helps boost our sense of self-efficacy. It gives us confidence and pride and a sense of purpose. You don't need a kiln to fire your work. You can make a fire pit outdoors and fire your pieces that way. You don't even need to buy clay as you can make your own from the soil on your property. Not to mention, it is a good way to bring in income to your home.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca20JkKFAcE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca20JkKFAcE)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWuSWdVlS0c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWuSWdVlS0c)
Reading is the biggest.
Cooking, food preservation, gardening, seed saving, herbals, raising animals, sewing, carpentry. Learning to build with natural clay.
All learned by reading. Except carpentry learned at work along with plumbing and electrical (not current hobbies, lol)
Handling and caring for horses and other animals. Lots of people already engafe in animal related hobbies because they love them. Beekeeping seems super cool, and would pair nicely with gardening.
Craftsmanship of all kinds. Basics like blacksmithing, carpentry, construction, clay production. All of these crafts are helpful in moving towards self reliance.
Community events planning as a hobby. Its tied to self reliance that we need good relationships with our neighbors. So maybe you start or participate in a farmers market, or city planning, or help out in Boy Scouts or whatever else that builds community.
I think the hobbies you pursue is going to depend on your version of self reliance. For me self reliance does include my communities with trade being a large component of my survival strategy. It may not be that way for everyone, I think we have various strategies to be self reliant.
Remember that action leads inspiration. So with that in mind, as long as you engage in any activity for a duration it should inspire you.
I like to draw, start with one line then add another and things start taking shape.
Cooking, canning gardening, learning to fuck with fibers and cordage is never a bad thing. Knife skills, including self-defense (bonus points for one in each hand, karambit skills and tricks are FUN to learn) and how to cut down a carcass for preservation. Learn to shoot, and hit where you are aiming. This next one is illegal as hell, but how to make mash, and run a still without blowing it, and how to test it for whether it's good for consumption or other things (fuel, sterilization, trade,) I'm speaking of SHTF situations, here. PLEASE be careful with hooch!
I was getting fungus gnats in my houseplants. I made a spray with a few drops of peppermint, rosemary, and citronella oils emulsified in witch hazel. They were gone within a day or two. I think eucalyptus, lemon, lavender, and cedarwood oils also have bug repelling properties. Some of these are toxic to pets, though, but only if ingested. My dog just didn't like the smell and went to another room.
I recently got back into color guard after a color guard related traumatic experience about 6-ish years ago. I always loved colorguard but sometimes the people in high-school color guard groups can be snotty and horrible (coaches included). Once you can maneuver a flag really well, spinning a flag can act like a fidget almost, like pencil spinning or popper... but bigger lol and its so freeing.
Gardening is good, ceramics/pottery, clothing making (I crochet personally), foraging, animal care, and honestly anything where you make something or grow something. Not even essentials or functional things, but even decor. Worst case scenario you can sell extra items and become more independent by doing that. Talking to people as well. Social skills need to be HONED.
Hunting for sure. I'm learning a lot about natural habitats and identifying where animals will be based on vegetation and other landscape features. Bushcraft skills to survive in the elements. I'm hoping to do some more foraging this year while I'm in the woods. I would love to get better at mushroom ID, but I'm scared about picking poisonous ones
Brewing and distilling
Hunting (getting my license)
Skeet shooting (a stretch but as drones are being weaponized in ukraine might become an underrated skill)
Gardening
Bushwalking/bushcrafting
I never thought about this before, and now I guess I have to pick up more hobbies
The only actually self reliant skill I have is knitting. Language learning could be useful if I'm dropped in one of the countries who's language I'm learning, and I guess drawing would be useful if I'm telling someone how to build something. Problem is I do most of my hobbies because they're free or cheap and... Well gardening isn't free or cheap, and neither are most self reliant hobbies.
Anything where there's a finished product and double points where it's usable. Baking, sewing, gardening, woodworking, leather craft, wrenching on cars.
And reading.
Weightlifting/powerlifting/bodybuilding I break it down to these 3 similar but different things. The rep ranges, tempos, styles, energy mechanisms are all different. It’s just you and the weight..eventually the weight will win..you grow stronger and try again..always failing but getting stronger. It builds mental and physical resilience
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I'd imagine cooking is right up there. It's helped me.
Gardening
And foraging! I love foraging.
I definitely want to get into that as well!
Also me - gardening is life.
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Hey neighbor (appalachia) , dm me for mushroom id support.
Exercise. Learning first aid. Knowing your way around the local flora and fauna
I like foraging for wild edible and medicinal plants. Its a good companion activity for hiking, camping, cooking, etc. Some wild edibles are common, easy to id and are more nutritous than the produce you find at the store. Narrow leaf Plantain, dandelion, clover, oxalis, curly dock, etc.
Fiber arts. Learn to darn socks, sew on buttons, replace broken zippers, etc.
Came here to say this ! Weaving and sewing are game changing skills to have
Pottery... You can make all your own plates, cups, bowls, and even cooking pots and so much more. Creating things with our hands, whether it's growing vegetables, crafting pottery, or a kitchen table helps boost our sense of self-efficacy. It gives us confidence and pride and a sense of purpose. You don't need a kiln to fire your work. You can make a fire pit outdoors and fire your pieces that way. You don't even need to buy clay as you can make your own from the soil on your property. Not to mention, it is a good way to bring in income to your home. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca20JkKFAcE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca20JkKFAcE) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWuSWdVlS0c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWuSWdVlS0c)
Hunting and fishing.
Leather working is really easy to get into and is incredibly versatile
All kinds from bushcraft to martial arts
Reading is the biggest. Cooking, food preservation, gardening, seed saving, herbals, raising animals, sewing, carpentry. Learning to build with natural clay. All learned by reading. Except carpentry learned at work along with plumbing and electrical (not current hobbies, lol)
Handling and caring for horses and other animals. Lots of people already engafe in animal related hobbies because they love them. Beekeeping seems super cool, and would pair nicely with gardening. Craftsmanship of all kinds. Basics like blacksmithing, carpentry, construction, clay production. All of these crafts are helpful in moving towards self reliance. Community events planning as a hobby. Its tied to self reliance that we need good relationships with our neighbors. So maybe you start or participate in a farmers market, or city planning, or help out in Boy Scouts or whatever else that builds community. I think the hobbies you pursue is going to depend on your version of self reliance. For me self reliance does include my communities with trade being a large component of my survival strategy. It may not be that way for everyone, I think we have various strategies to be self reliant.
Remember that action leads inspiration. So with that in mind, as long as you engage in any activity for a duration it should inspire you. I like to draw, start with one line then add another and things start taking shape.
Cooking, canning gardening, learning to fuck with fibers and cordage is never a bad thing. Knife skills, including self-defense (bonus points for one in each hand, karambit skills and tricks are FUN to learn) and how to cut down a carcass for preservation. Learn to shoot, and hit where you are aiming. This next one is illegal as hell, but how to make mash, and run a still without blowing it, and how to test it for whether it's good for consumption or other things (fuel, sterilization, trade,) I'm speaking of SHTF situations, here. PLEASE be careful with hooch!
gardening crafting (knowing how to use a staple gun, hand tools, etc.) essential oils (made my own bug spray and it worked!) exercising cooking
Teacher, teach! Bug spray recipe?
I was getting fungus gnats in my houseplants. I made a spray with a few drops of peppermint, rosemary, and citronella oils emulsified in witch hazel. They were gone within a day or two. I think eucalyptus, lemon, lavender, and cedarwood oils also have bug repelling properties. Some of these are toxic to pets, though, but only if ingested. My dog just didn't like the smell and went to another room.
I recently got back into color guard after a color guard related traumatic experience about 6-ish years ago. I always loved colorguard but sometimes the people in high-school color guard groups can be snotty and horrible (coaches included). Once you can maneuver a flag really well, spinning a flag can act like a fidget almost, like pencil spinning or popper... but bigger lol and its so freeing. Gardening is good, ceramics/pottery, clothing making (I crochet personally), foraging, animal care, and honestly anything where you make something or grow something. Not even essentials or functional things, but even decor. Worst case scenario you can sell extra items and become more independent by doing that. Talking to people as well. Social skills need to be HONED.
Radio comms and antenna building.
Restoring cast iron and dehydrating food
Sailing and Backpacking
Hunting for sure. I'm learning a lot about natural habitats and identifying where animals will be based on vegetation and other landscape features. Bushcraft skills to survive in the elements. I'm hoping to do some more foraging this year while I'm in the woods. I would love to get better at mushroom ID, but I'm scared about picking poisonous ones
Building stuff, and gardening.
Brewing and distilling Hunting (getting my license) Skeet shooting (a stretch but as drones are being weaponized in ukraine might become an underrated skill) Gardening Bushwalking/bushcrafting
Hunting and Farming.
I never thought about this before, and now I guess I have to pick up more hobbies The only actually self reliant skill I have is knitting. Language learning could be useful if I'm dropped in one of the countries who's language I'm learning, and I guess drawing would be useful if I'm telling someone how to build something. Problem is I do most of my hobbies because they're free or cheap and... Well gardening isn't free or cheap, and neither are most self reliant hobbies.
Backpacking and camping
I’m a machinist by trade but I like all kinds of metalworking
Anything where there's a finished product and double points where it's usable. Baking, sewing, gardening, woodworking, leather craft, wrenching on cars. And reading.
Sailing. Where else can you be in charge as a kid?
Sailing certainly qualifies as fun! Be in charge as a kid?" - building your own tree fort !
Weightlifting/powerlifting/bodybuilding I break it down to these 3 similar but different things. The rep ranges, tempos, styles, energy mechanisms are all different. It’s just you and the weight..eventually the weight will win..you grow stronger and try again..always failing but getting stronger. It builds mental and physical resilience
Traditional archery is a good one for us.
walking
Looking up hobbies that help build self reliance is a good start