But, to be a stickler for accuracy, the “30 Day Challenge” is currently only a 20-day challenge, based on the links on the right side of your blog.

I have to say that there is something to be said for seeking to reduce your chances of starvation through employment–even if it’s just on the side although I admit that being self-financed is great too!

Lately DH and I have been thinking more and more about trying to get some agricultural land and grow/raise some of our own food. This would add to our security, but not guarantee it! Not too many generations ago, at least one branch of my ancestors were subsistence farmers. It’s a very hard life. Having money to purchase food when your crops are short is a great thing and an income source can provide that. You don’t have to work for ‘the man’ you can sell something you have in surplus, for example. I’ve seen people do that in Africa. And you don’t just end up using currency for i-pods.

You need it for everything from pencils to textiles and cloth, to nails–unless you intend to make your own–but you really need a community effort for all that–or a very rudimentary lifestyle. But the more basic you are, the easier it is, as you point out.

Your idea of the lottery attitude towards business is one I do subscribe to. I agree with you in some areas–being the president’s son (in France and in the US at least) can be helpful depending upon what you want to do. So can being good at what you do. But in some industries just being good and just having connections isn’t enough–you still have to try over and over. Think of book publishing for example–ok, ok, if you’re a president’s son you still may have a leg up. But being a great author doesn’t guarantee anything. The odds of getting published (not self published) are astronomical. The same is true in the field of music.

Anyway, this post intrigued me–it’s a topic I think about a lot.