Start a business. Not one based on fiat loans but with real savings. That way, you have real skin in the game and don’t have to depend on VC. 

 Yes. Yes Yes Yes  

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 Great advice.

Saving in bitcoin instead of fiat is at the top of the list - an easy one to cross off! 

 🤔interesting. 

 Buy your meat and produce locally. For a month force yourself to eat ~95% of your food from the farmers market 

 VERY important

And very doable with some effort  

 It's arguably easier than grocery store route and countless benefits 

 This is a really important one imo 

 Yeah unfortunately a lot of people, me included until 5 months ago, overlooked its importance and ease of implementation 

 Chest freezer and a generator to keep shit cold if the power goes down.  I keep enough diesel for a week. 
If you dont open it, a good freezer only needs an hour wirth of power to keep it frozen for a 12 hours. 

 I've been gambling by not having a diesel generator. Need to push the trigger and get one. What brand do you recommend? I've heard Honda is good 

 Honestly my advice is only that it runs on the fuel that you can keep on hand and is moveable (as in lift into a truck) with two men. Several I looked at were odd shaped and too heavy to move for home use.  
Multi fuel might be a plus but I use diesel because its more stable, not a fire hazard and every 6mo i can empty it into my truck. 

As soon as you get it, use it so you know how.

Shut power off to the house and use it for a day. This may sound like overkill… but at my church, ive heard countless stories of people not being able to use their emergency generator for whatever reason and when I show up, it’s obvious its never been on before. 
Fire it up once or twice a year and make sure wife/kids watch you do it. 

Just put that chore on the calendar. 
🍻🧡👊🏻🥩 

 Really appreciate the advice 🫡 

 also could be pointed out that a big drum of potassium hydroxide, some smaller, sealed containers of sodium sulphate and a big separatory funnel makes it pretty easy to turn any available fat into diesel fuel, i mean literally anything, butter/cream, dripping, seed oils, coconut oil

probably these days some seed oils are so cheap you can actually save money doing this to keep a backup supply that you can convert into diesel ready to go within a few days 

 Good shit.  🤘
I like to keep it simple so folks actually get one but that’s great point.  
Just make sure your equipment is bio diesel compatible. 

 Listen to podcasts on nostr:nprofile1qqsx2wyjt6lmvc05rrvv05r5hm3w3t7h0pcpmkyswrpd4ymd2u09tscpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3kamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu339e682mnwv4k8xct5wvhxxmmdqywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wscn3xgh instead of Spotify or Apple Music  

 Do not keep any fiat more than you need for 1 month 

 An obvious one but 

Stop giving money to companies that dont share your values or use you as a product.

Disney, google, MS, meta, yt etc 

 Convert your pension into bitcoin related companies 

Microstrategy 
Semler Scientific
Bitcoin ETFs
Block
Tesla 

 Owning a UTXO 

Getting your bitcoin off the exchanges and into cold storage 

 I get our drinking water from a spring in the hills above my house. 

 Read a physical book instead of eReaders, audio books, iPad 

Reduce blue light
No tracking on physical books
Supporting local book businesses instead of Amazon/Apple/Spotify  

 #touchpaper  

 build a bitaxe array powered by a generator from a 1992 Ford and a waterwheel. 

 Buy handmade quality products from local companies instead of cheap mass produced chinaware.
This will make You much happier in the long run and support people that You know. 

 and your stuff wont break as fast. 

 exactly! one of my fav examples are handmade leather shoes. Initially they are more expensive but in the long run they are much more comfortable, durable and even cheaper. 

 Low time preference 

 Create your own energy solar wind hydro whatever you can do to become less dependent on the grid not only will save you money but give you the experience and knowledge of free energy… Energy is only going to become more expensive due to data centers mining and AI not like things ever get cheaper in the fiat world… anyway that’s my 2 sats 💜🫂🫡 

 this is very true. grid power will become a luxury item unless significant infrastructure upgrades are made. 
notice any infrastructural improvements being made lately? 

 Learn to grow, raise, hunt, and forage food. Even just knowing what edible in local wild areas or keeping a small planter of lettuce on a window sill brings you one step closer to peace of mind.  

 Build a community: Connect with like-minded individuals and communities that share your interest in alternative options such as Bitcoin, bartering and other economic systems. This can help you build relationships and exchange goods and services without relying on traditional fiat money. Buy what you need locally. Grow your own food. Move out of the city.