170: Know Your Neighbors
Thoughts today on why it’s important to know your neighbors and build an in person community — and how the internet has made that entire process more complicated (and not for reasons you think.)
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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.
168: Many hands make light work
See, the thing that always gets me is this: in a world where everyone is busy, where everyone has so much to do, people took time out of their busy lives to help us with ours.
167: My (rational) approach for how to start prepping
Don’t let the concept of prepping freak you out. Prepping is just keeping extra supplies on hand. That’s all it is.
166: The SHTF Thing We’re Not Talking About
Before you get too excited about how you’ll take on an apocalyptic collapse of society like a boss, let’s be honest. When put in a situation you’ve never actually been in before, you don’t know *how* you or anyone else will react to or deal with that situation. People both excel and struggle differently—and that is magnified when dealing with stress.
165: Put Your Ego Away
Okay, I’m going to say it. Ego is a problem in some homesteading and prepping communities and it needs to stop.
164: Build an In-Person Community
Online communities are great, but we need to remember the importance of in person, local communities. Let’s bring them back!
163: 9 Tips for Taking Care of the Homestead When You’re Sick
There are no sick days on a farm, so how do you deal with homestead work when you can barely get out of bed?
162: Why it’s more important than ever to take care of yourself
Six reasons why it’s more important than ever to take care of yourself—hint: look at current events—and three ways to do it.
161: 5 Uncomfortable Points to Consider
Wherein Amy goes off about “my body, my choice”, medical freedom, Karens, people who get off on being angry, and who is going to take the guns.