There is a subtle but crucial difference between self-sufficiency and self-responsibility.

Being responsible for one’s own happiness, well-being, and material confort, however you define it, does *not* imply that you must be some “rugged individualist” who provides everything for themselves, yet that is a stereotype that is often invoked when discussing voluntaryism.

You of course can, if you want, but more practical is developing strong, positive, voluntary relationships with your family, neighbors, and chosen others so you can coordinate and collaborate to produce more abundance than you could alone.

You’re still responsible for your own way in life, but you can usually do better by specialization and division of labor than you can on your own.