What would you do in 1000 AD Europe?

Language would be an issue for all of us, but I feel like I have a knack for it and would be able to pick up that version of English in fairly short order. IF I wasn't burned at the stake for being a warlock first.

None of us would be welcome in any sort of village community where everyone knows everyone and knows several generations of their ancestors. The Outsider stigma would be too strong to overcome in that era. The Pope had not yet banned cousin marriage. It's not talked about much but that decision is a huge part of what propelled Europe to prominence over the rest of the world. That decision forced people to find mates outside their clan, with the additional effect of forcing people to trust people from outside the clan and develop institutions whereby strangers could conduct business. It ushered in the era of mercantilism. But none of that had happened yet.

This means in order to have a chance I'd have to live in the forest with the outlaws. This is actually OK with me because bushcraft is one of my hobbies. I've trained with some of the most prestigious survival/bushcraft instructors in the country, if not the world. Make no mistake, they're the experts, not me. My knowledge is infantile compared to theirs. But I could build a wattle and daub house for myself (although it sure would be easier with a community of help) - I've actually done it before. I've made fires with a flint and steel before. I've made them with a bow drill. Glass is a precious commodity in 1000 AD but if I had a sliver, I could make a fire with that, too. These skills are actually easy once you know them but not something you can teach yourself on the fly.

I learned trapping from a fur trapper who in his young days operated on both sides of the law. This would be a source of both food and trade. Yes, I have dispatched animals and butchered them as well. You gotta kill it before you can grill it. Emotionally, it's never easy, and every hunter/trapper I know puts an astonishing value on dispatching these animals as humanely as possible. After all, we're talking about taking a life. But you end up with far more respect for the animals around you when you are this intimately involved with the processing of your meat. You don't learn those values by buying a Styrofoam pack at the grocery store. But I digress. The problem with that is all of this involves trespassing on some local lord's land. But if I can do it without the local verderer's ire, the furs I obtain then become trade goods which could be used to acquire pots and pans and tools. I can't make them myself, as one skill I haven't learned is the art of blacksmithing - nor would it be practical to find a sufficient supply of coal and iron to forge anything even if I did have the ability. These skills are part of all of our collective heritage and it's important to me to know as much of it as I can and to pass it along to others as they express an interest in our history.

Clothing would be difficult. While I know the basics of how to weave, I wouldn't have a supply of cloth - or even wool - to create. I could create no shortage of baskets, but not clothing. And while I've seen people use brains to tan animal hides and turn them into wearable leather, it's not something I've ever done myself.

Ultimately, things like modern sanitation, boiling water, etc. would mark me as an undesirable. No community would likely accept a random stranger who could barely speak the language and had all these peculiarities. So even with the advantages I have I'd still likely get burned at the stake.