242: The benefit of first impressions

242: The benefit of first impressions

This is about you realizing you’re a lot of different things, but you don’t have to be everything all at once. You are what you are right now

241: Why do you do it?

241: Why do you do it?

You’re online, creating and consuming content. Podcasts. Videos. Social media posts. Let me ask you a question: DO YOU KNOW WHY?

240: Maybe you’re not a homesteader

240: Maybe you’re not a homesteader

For those of you stressing out about how much you’re doing or how it all fits with “homesteading”, this piece is all the perspective you need. <3

237: 5 Ways High School Prepared Us for the Real World

237: 5 Ways High School Prepared Us for the Real World

Today is a possibly uncomfortable truth bomb view on the whole concept of what high school gave us a glimpse of.

229: A rekindling of family

229: A rekindling of family

Families change as time marches on. Are you waiting for someone else to step forward and keep your extended family connected? Maybe you’re the one who needs to step forward.

224: Have yourself a ranty little Christmas

224: Have yourself a ranty little Christmas

Today’s episode offers a little rant about the holidays, but also asks an important question (and gives a couple solutions) to help us with this sometimes frustrating and overwhelming time of year.

169: Find the Path

169: Find the Path

The path I talk about will mean different things to different people. But hopefully this will be helpful to anyone who listens/reads these words.

158: Mouth Noises and Pathetic Plants: Two Random Lessons from the Homestead

158: Mouth Noises and Pathetic Plants: Two Random Lessons from the Homestead

Today I’ve got two random lessons that I’ve learned on the homestead lately that I thought maybe you could learn something from, too. One was brought on by a ridiculous task I’ve taken on in my office—one that was supposed to be easy. The other is something I learned while checking out my struggling garden.

154: Now I Get It

154: Now I Get It

Deep thoughts on a certain something we hear from our parents that we don’t understand until we have kids of our own.

153: Today Will Someday be the Past

153: Today Will Someday be the Past

Thoughts on “the way things were” and how we tend to live in every moment except for the one we’re in. What you’re doing right now? You will look back on this, too.