Have a simple cell phone with minimum minutes. No bells, no whistles, 4G, internet, GPS, texting.
Riding a 30 year old Fuji bike for my 100 mile ride in August.
Grow some veg in the garden. Barter with some of the neighbors for some of theirs and with my yoga instructor for class discount.
When we lived in NC, I saved the string from the pine straw bales for other uses. I had 2 grocery bags at one time.
Back in NC again. After a couple of hurricanes, went around to co-workers and neighbors and got the trees that had fallen and were cut up. Hauled them home and split them by hand (5 pound maul and 2 wedges) - didn't have to buy firewood for years.