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For the last 5 years, I have reviewed the list I made 5 years ago, of all the sectors of my life I want to move further into independent sovereignty, and have tried to move each area further toward that goal.

Things like:

Power

Water

Waste

Food

Cooking

Heat

Computing

Communication

Transportation

Defense

I don't get so obsessive that I cant have fun, and be flexible.

But I have a sub-process in my brain thinking about this stuff and looking for patterns almost all the time.

I try to do something each day that advances at least one front further away from a dependency system.

I don't think most of the people around me fully grasp just how seriously ive been taking this stuff for the last 5 years, or why.

That is fine. I dont share much unless directly asked, and I am not looking for others opinions. But some people are starting to take notice and ask questions about how they might move in this direction.

I have a feeling that this year I may start to break through to new levels, and I may start to see if some of my choices have been as wise as I have hoped.

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kerimae 2y ago

I think about these things, too. Some I am stronger on than on others, that's a good list. Share away; sometimes you don't know what you don't know and it can be a random post that puts the pebble in a shoe to get people like me thinking!

bitcoiner7 nym 2y ago

Can you please share a bit more about your setup for Computing and Communication?

This is an area I want to make progress this year, towards a freedom tech.

It will be a journey.

And I guess I'm looking for the right balance for me, between a convenience of a mindless use of big tech vs freedom tech, which of course comes with some usability drawbacks, and costs, and work.

Thank you.

Good luck!

atyh 2y ago

I think my setup would just scare you. 😆

Unless you want to host your own email server and search engine instance, and use only old repairable hardware. 🤓

One way to approach it is to find the area of your life which is most bigtech reliant, and chip away at it. Try to find a solution to one thing, and experiment with transitioning. Its very difficult to do all at once for most people. Just keep chipping away at it one service at a time.

And dont be afraid to do trial experiments. Like, not using a certain thing for a week. Just to see how you work around it. When you gamify and observe it can make it more interesting and fun.

bitcoiner7 nym 2y ago

Thank you. Helpful point. Yes I'm by far earlier in this journey :-)

FiddleHodlHomestead 2y ago

Thanks for sharing. My family is on a similar journey but started much more recently. We're far more resilient and sovereign than we were a year ago, but we have a long way to go in most of those areas.