Simmie's Simple Living

I stopped relying on stores.

Simmie’s Simple Living is my challenge to live on what I grow, catch, barter, forage or already have. No grocery runs. No Amazon. No backup plan.
Here you’ll learn how to save money, cook from scratch, preserve food, garden, reduce waste, and make what you have go further. Real skills. Real life. No fluff.

This is about taking control, building self-sufficiency, and proving you don’t need to keep buying more to live well.

If you’re ready to depend less and live more, subscribe and follow the journey. I'm 53, arthritic, have ADHD (I'm not medicated 🤪) and if I can do this, you can too.


Simmie's Simple Living

Hello All, I'm running out of ideas as to what kind of content you guys would like to see. What kind of things would you like me feature in future videos that you would consider interesting viewing as part of this challenge? Let me know! I will be going fishing next week as part of my 'catch' aspect to the challenge. This will be my first time!

2 days ago | [YT] | 3

Simmie's Simple Living

Had terrible weather here over the past few days. Have been doing 'clean-up'. Thankfully, we're not in Mississippi though, my heart goes out to those affected there. I will be back posting my videos soon. Going through this really makes you wonder how our ancestors survived.

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Simmie's Simple Living

As I’m working through this 365‑day simple‑living challenge — growing, catching, bartering, foraging, raising chickens, existing only on what I have, cooking from scratch, ditching the grocery store, ditching EVERY store etc, my faith is shaping a lot of the choices I make. It's making me see things so differently now. My eyes are opening to what's important. Would you like to see more videos where I share the practical homestead side and the spiritual lessons that are presenting themselves to me on this journey?

1 month ago | [YT] | 5