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Self Sufficiency As a Retirement Strategy

Author: Nev Sweeney
Most retirement strategies focus on “wealth creation” or providing you with enough cash to maintain your pre-retirement extravagant lifestyle. This is not necessarily a bad thing in itself, but it is worth knowing that there is a better way – doing it yourself – self sufficiently!
Complete self sufficiency is difficult if impossible to [...]

Portugal Life: Taking it Easy on the Road to Self Sufficiency

Author: Rebecca Warren
“Rome was not built in a day and Rome was probably not worth building. A sound self sufficient small holding certainly is” – John Seymour
Many people who make the move to rural Portugal aspire to a degree of self-sufficiency. For some a few rows of vines and a couple of chickens will suffice [...]