There are plenty of hardcore survival books; this isn’t one . It’s for everyday people who need to know other ways of taking care of life’s needs when the ones they’re used to fail. After the past few years here in 2023, it should strike no sensible person as radical thought to suggest they have some supplies and simple secondary systems aside to ease the effects of storms, plagues, unrest, and other interruptions. When facing making do with less, be it choice or circumstance, simple plan Bs keep inconvenience from becoming crisis. These are also the ways daily needs happen when simple living is a decision. You knowing how to sustain and maintain yourself is good for you and better for everybody. Here is everything I know from 30 years of simple living in complicated times.