100 Self-Sufficiency Skills

You probably have plenty of time these days to learn more ways to be self reliant, not to mention the impetus to do so in light of our current pandemic situation.  Here are some skills to learn:

1. Cooking
2. Baking 
3. How to make bread starting only with wheat berries (this includes making your own yeast)
4. Food preservation (canning, drying, pickling, smoking, etc)
5. How to make your own power (simple solar set ups are a good start)
6. Sewing and mending
7. Shooting and firearm skills
8. Basic plumbing skills
9. Basic carpentry skills
10. Basic electrician skills
11. Basic home maintenance and appliance repair
12. Orienteering and land navigation skills
13. Gardening/composting/seed saving
14. Home healthcare skills
15. First aid/CPR/AED use/advanced first aid
16. How to ride and maintain a bicycle
17. How to walk long distances
18. Self care (hair cutting, manicure, foot care, skin care, etc)
19. Foraging
20. Water sourcing and purifying
21. Stealth travel skills
22. Outdoor survival skills (camping, backpacking, overland travel, etc)
23. Hunting
24. Fishing
25. Animal husbandry
26. Butchering/tanning
27. Bartering
28. How to live without electricity
29. Alternate communication skills (ie: HAM radio)
30. Wine making/beer making
31. Growing and using edible and medicinal herbs
32. Soap making
33. Washing and drying clothes by hand
34. Cheese making
35. Beekeeping
36. Candle making
37. How to make furniture
38. How to stockpile, rotate, and use food stores
39. Personal self defense skills (Krav Maga, karate, etc)
40. Home safety and security
41. Developing multiple income sources
42. How to live within your means
43. Vehicle maintenance skills
44. Weaving/knitting/crocheting
45. Blacksmithing/knife making/welding
46. Masonry
47. Archery
48. Waste management (human waste, garbage)
49. Skills you usually pay others for (yard work, pest control, pool maintenance, etc)
50. Fire making (how to make a fire, find wood, use it for heating and cooking, etc)
51. Shelter making (how to build a variety of temporary and permanent shelters)
52. Childcare and child development
53. Homeschooling skills
54. Computer set up and maintenance/how to fix computer problems
55. Internet access and safety skills/basic coding and programming/using tech effectively
56. How to do daily tasks online (paying bills, banking, work and meetings, school, etc)
57. How to entertain yourself and the family without electricity or outside resources
58. How to play games (card games, chess, etc)
59. Leadership skills/teamworking skills
60. Minimalism/simple living skills
61. Logistics and acquisitions (multiple ways to acquire the things you need)
62. How to drive various vehicles (motorcycle, car, truck, heavy equipment, etc)
63. Boating skills (kayak, canoe, power boat, etc)/water navigation
64. How to swim
65. How to predict the weather
66. How to stay warm in cold climates and cool in hot climates (without electricity)
67. Artistic skills (drawing, painting, etc)
68. Musical skills (how to play an instrument)
69. How to speak a foreign language (most common ones in your area)
70. Health improvement skills (exercise, nutrition)
71. Specialized skills (rock climbing, mountain climbing, how to fly a plane, scuba diving, etc)
72. Wilderness search and rescue skills/urban search and rescue skills
73. Life guarding skills/water rescue
74. Homestead management (garden rotation, woodlot maintenance, record keeping)
75. How to scavenge/dumpster diving
76. Budgeting/money management skills
77. How to clean (general house cleaning, cleaning up after a disaster, etc)
78. How to grow, harvest, and mill your own grain
79. How to cook over a fire/on a wood stove/in a Dutch oven
80. Tool maintenance (sharpen a knife, replace handles, tune up lawn mower, etc)
81. How to grow food year round (green house, cold frame, etc)
82. Escape and evasion skills
83. How to prepare for natural disasters common to your area (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc)
84. Urban survival skills (blending in, escaping crowds, etc)
85. Basic science knowledge (biology, chemistry, physics, etc)
86. Lock picking skills
87. How to use power tools (chainsaw, drill, grinder, circular saw, etc)
88. Personal skills (critical thinking, planning, situational awareness, thinking outside the box, problem solving, etc)
89. How to gather evaluate, and act on information from a variety of sources
90. How to survive/travel in extreme conditions (desert, snow, jungle, etc)
91. Mental resiliency skills (anxiety control, confidence, attention control, attitude, etc)
92. How to bug in/bug out depending on the situation
93. How to develop resources to help in a disaster (financial resources, physical resources, people resources, etc)
94. How to access public resources if needed (food bank, public transit, disaster shelters, etc)
95. How to dig a well/how to dig a latrine
96. How to make your favorite restaurant food (copy cat recipes are all over the internet for this)
97. How to spend quiet time alone
98. "Zero waste" skills
99. How to make everything in your refrigerator from scratch (ketchup, mayo, yogurt, butter, salad dressings, etc).
100. How to make/"MacGyver" anything you need (make a ladder, make rope, 3D print parts, etc).