I don't like sitting on the fence. I usually like to jump into things with both feet. It's very hard for me to try and be SS while dealing with the everyday challenges of suburban life.
I guess the only thing about being SS is that I am not. Like Pam said it feels like I will never get there.
Maybe we need to call ourselves A.S.S's Almost Self Sufficient.
As above: Chicken little comments. Feeling like I'll never get anywhere. Knowing that virtually none of my friends or relatives are prepared, even for a few days of emergency. That gives me mixed feelings, I vary between "Don't expect me to feed all of you!" to "At least I have enough to share some."
Maybe I'm in the honeymoon phase of the SS life, not where the rest of ya'll are, but I honestly can't come up with something I don't like.
We were forced into being SS. We didn't choose it. But, as a result, I've found we've a stronger family bond, my husband and I have learned to work well together, my kids are happy and healthy, and right now I'm looking out my window by my desk watching about a 100 or so chickens and two turkeys giving chase around my yard and I feel so overwhelmingly blessed and rich!