Best Skills to Learn for Long-Term Self-Sufficiency?

[ChrysanthiDream]

If you had to pick just a couple skills to master for true long-term self-sufficiency, which would you focus on? For me it's always between reliable food production and first aid, but maybe I'm missing something critical. Curious what others prioritize in their plans.

 

[MeadowWhisperer]

If you had to pick just a couple skills to master for true long-term self-sufficiency, which would you focus on? For me it's always between reliable food production and first aid, but maybe I'm missing something critical. Curious what others prioritize in their plans.

Food production and first aid are absolutely at the core, I agree—if you can't feed yourself or patch yourself up, nothing else matters much for the long haul. But if I could add one more, I'd say learning to preserve food safely is right up there. It's one thing to grow a bumper crop, quite another to make that harvest last through winter or a rough season. Canning, fermenting, drying—those old methods are invaluable, and honestly, kind of