Here Holly and I (Jo) will be listing our goals for becoming a self reliant family. You can follow our podcasts to see how we are doing at meeting those goals as we go.
Be debt free within 3-5 years.
- Zero credit cards.
- No car payment.
- No mortgage or rent.
- Zero loans.
Cut our cost of living by at least 50%.
- Cut cable DONE!!
- Cut all non-essential services (Netflix, Ardio, etc)
- Quit smoking DONE!!
- Reduce rent by 50-75%
- Lower utilities
Produce our own food.
- 50% within 3 years.
- 75% within 5 years.
- Farm half of our own produce.
- Hunt and raise our own meat.
Own 5 acres or more of land outright.
Lease 1-2 acres in Florida.
Save for retirement.
- Without depending on Social Security (because we will never see it anyway).
- Without company matched 401K, etc.
Move to Montana.
- Build a tight relationships within our community.
Eat only organic, non-GMO foods. DONE!!
Josiah to quit smoking. DONE!!
Vote against the 2 party system for every type of election.
Live off the grid.
- Solar
- Wind
- Well water
Preserve at least one year of food.
Use the GI bill.
- Trade classes to improve self reliance skills.
- 50% Josiah, 50% Holly.
Build a home business we can live off of.
