Not Happy with SS?

FarmerChick

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What do you NOT LIKE about SS lifestyle?
 

Ldychef2k

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I wish I could do more. I don't have the proper tools to build things, for example.
 

PamsPride

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Being completely SS seems like and unattainable goal! Like a race I will never be able to finish. I hate feeling like it is always out of my grasp!
 

TanksHill

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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. :hide
 

noobiechickenlady

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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."
 

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It is work intensive and possibly not a lifestyle long term into the elderly years.
 

Quail_Antwerp

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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!

:love

I'm sorry, I love it all!
 
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