6 DIY Skills To Cultivate
New York Magazine

We can think of a few skills offhand we know would be of tremendous use for someone wanting to be more self-sufficient in life: sewing, perhaps, or gardening, or canning at home. But for the slightly more adventurous DIY-er, there's always this hobby/skill recommendations list from New York Magazine:

In an ode to the resurgence of the Urban Woodsman ("Dresses like Bunyan, acts like Thoreau, works in marketing...the plaid-clad male archetype"), New York Magazine put together their own primer on the necessary skills plus classes for the serious self-sufficient man or woman:

Butchering Not for vegetarians, obviously.

Animal Tracking

Ice Climbing

Winter Camping

Riflery

If you're in New York, you can check out classes for everything on this list. Read the whole article here.

What do you think about these recommendations? Would you do any of them?

On a related note, what skills would YOU recommend a person learn if they want to become more self-sufficient?

(Image: 3rd Ward for New York Magazine)

Comments (2)

Wouldn't animal tracking and riflery also not be for vegetarians/vegans?

You can't have an interest in wildlife without killing it? You can't shoot at things other than animals?

The first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook lists "stalking" as one of the potential merit badges. The idea is to learn to follow and observe animals without affecting their behavior. Your ability to do this was proven by the pictures that you were able to take of them. I believe this is vegetarian/vegan friendly animal tracking, no?

And I've been rifle shooting many times and have never harmed and animal with one.

For those of you that didn't follow the link to the original article and can't figure it out by the picture, the sixth skill is woodworking.