Most Valuable Skills Post-TEOTWAWKI

In a post-TEOTWAWKI (aka: the end of the world as we know it) world, people may find that hobbies and interests that were just ways of passing the time or relaxing when the world was “normal” will suddenly be what helps then survive or contributes to the survival of others.

Here are just a few hobbies that you might want to learn something about:

Basketweaving
Soapmaking
Candlemaking
Gardening
Weaving
Knitting/Crochet
Moonshine/beer/winemaking
Hunting
Fishing
Hide tanning/leather working
Trapping
Welding
Blacksmithing
Gunsmithing
Pottery
Woodworking
Metalworking

With a little thought you will begin to look at your hobbies as something that could be a survival skill or something with which you can barter for food and other goods. If you have a hobby that currently is dependent upon electricity is there a way that it can be done without power? Is it a skill that in the past was actually a living skill, such as weaving and blacksmithing, that you might need to learn more about to be able to do it without modern conveniences. For instance, if you weave, do you know how to build a loom or a spinning wheel?

If you know how to shear sheep for their wool, do you have the tools to do it if the power goes out? Those that raise sheep, might want to consider how you are going to sheer those sheep to retrieve that valuable wool if you don’t have those electrical clippers.

Just a few things to consider.