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RE: You Want To Homestead? Part Four!
Your series about wanting to be a homesteader is something everyone who is considering the lifestyle; whether on or off-grid, needs to read and consider ALL the possible concerns they may have. So many people just thing.. "oh homesteading is easy.. etc" and jump in without thinking.
Thank You! We planned for two years and even then things did not go as planned. I am trying to tell them this is a great life and a happy one, but it is more work than many think. Homesteading is a calling that you answer in life, it is not a 9 to 5 job, you will have to sit up at night with a cow having a calf or a goat having a kid, making sure it goes good and try to fix things that happen. The easiest way I can describe it is like a game of poker and you are all in all the time. I really hope people read these posts and see that it is not easy and do not jump into homesteading thinking that it is an easy way to go. I knew what I was getting into from helping my grandfather on his homestead and it is a sunup to sundown job. I do not want to discourage people from homesteading but I want them to know what it is all about and help them understand homesteading to make a good choice.