#self-sufficiency

#self-sufficiency

Remember those Friday afternoons when everyone's making weekend plans, and you're secretly counting down the hours until you can be alone in your own space? While your coworkers are coordinating group brunches and bar crawls, you're mentally planning which book to read, what recipe to try, or simply looking forward to uninterrupted quiet time. If this sounds familiar, you might have been on the receiving end of some well-meaning but misguided concern. "Don't you get lonely?" "You should get out more!" "You're missing out on life!" Here's what most people get wrong: preferring to stay home on weekends isn't about being antisocial, depressed, or boring. According to psychology, it's actually a sign of remarkable self-sufficiency.

We Generation X people are made of stern stuff. The latchkey generation; the ones raised on convenience foods that probably bordered on the radioactive; the kids sent out at daybreak and told to return only when the street lights came on.

Enduro racing is one of the most exciting and interesting formats in mountain biking. But with long days, hard-to-access locations, and segmented race locations, it's also one of the hardest to understand. The enduro race format, enduro bike setup, and proximity to downhill often lead to more confusion about the sport. As interest grows, I want to outline what enduro mountain biking is. Why it's so awesome, and why you should be paying attention to what I believe is the purest form of mountain biking.

Wheat can be grown in small spaces and scaled up to provide enough grain for a family's yearly flour needs, even in a small backyard.

"Friends thought we were nuts," recalls Helen. Today, they're considered pioneers. The eco nirvana they've created, surrounded by 72,000 trees which they painstakingly planted to offset their carbon footprint..."

BAE Systems is prioritizing domestic production of explosives, moving away from reliance on US imports due to concerns over political stability and military partnership.