out in return. Plus it's fun and empowering learning this stuff, in fact it's a bit addictive. So learn how to do as much different stuff that takes your fancy as you can - growing food, preserving, fixing bikes, natural healthcare, welding, mediation, building 3d printers and so on. It's amazing how much different stuff you can learn reasonably well if you choose to generalise just by going along to working bees, helping people out with their projects, reading a few books or doing short courses. If you want to specialise in something, you wouldn't believe how much room there is for innovation. A lot of great ways of doing things have already been figured out, but there is so much room for improvement and I'm constantly hearing about new and better ways of doing things. That requires people doing experiential research - playing and testing, which is also really quite fun and rewarding. If you do have extra money to throw around, by far the most important stuff to invest in are things that can reduce your need for money in the future. That means tools to make things you might need or to fix your bike . Perhaps a sewing machine to make and mend your own clothes. Books or courses that teach you how to do things. Water tanks . A first aid kit and course. Solar panels if you can afford them, or just one small portable one that's good enough to run one appliance could