Homestead to Headspace

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As you can see by my about section, I'm all over the place. I have so many experiences in so many different areas that it's hard for me to tie myself to one spot. I'm a Gemini in every sense of the word so I'm going to go back and tell you how I got to this part of my life and show that it's not as complicated as it seems and seems like something you'd read in a book.

Let's talk about how the holidays can make us all question ourselves and our own mental health, values, and choices. How do we respond to people who we feel attacked by but may still love.

I used to be a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist and I'm trying to hop back into it in the capacity that I can with my new disabilities and lifestyle. So let's talk how we're constantly questioning whether we're happy with ourselves or we just don't want to change for whatever reason so we convince ourselves we're content.

Let's talk about all the winter 'rules' for homesteaders and discuss how they are different in each climate and how we can't just listen to one person. We have to do our own research. But more importantly should your animals get a holiday dinner as well? Should they get holiday gifts? How should we treat them?

Let's talk about how writing can be healing and that not everybody's style of writing is the same so we shouldn't see it as intimidating

Let's talk about all the different forms of power on an offgrid homestead and the pros and cons of each and most common questions and concerns

Let's talk about how authors try to push grammatical errors and how they ruin books while Shakespear made up most of his words and yet people still understood him and still share his works today. Your story is your story to tell how you want and you'd be surprised how easy it is for writers to get what you mean.

Let's talk about all the different ways to store your food with or without offgrid power sources and how long they last. Solar, curing, root cellar, canning, dehydrating, dry canning, mylar bags, etc.

Let's talk about how everyone uses January 1st to create a new version of themselves. How our goals can be done without waiting but it makes it easier for our brain to be okay because of the reasons we discuss today.

Let's talk about how even if last year was bad how we're going to try and move forward and focus on the new. Sometimes it's hard to move forward because you feel like it's unfinished, like you want to go back and try again, so let's discuss how to do that without doing it so we can move forward with a clean slate.

Let's talk about that holiday 15 you put on and how it's affecting you mentally. There are various things you can do about it if it upsets you but we will talk about why we unconsciously will gain holiday pounds both instinctually and subconsciously. We will also go over the fact that it's not that bad because there's an easy fix.

Let's talk about all those voices you hear talking down to you about how you're caring for your livestock. There's so much misinformation out there and most of it is just because they trusted the wrong source or are just continuing a way of thinking that worked before so everybody should try it. So let's go over the myths and suggestions and break down why people think this way.

Let's talk about writer's block and how it can cripple even the best writers at the worst times. Then let's talk about all the ways we can move past it. It's a struggle those that don't write will never understand and one that we don't even fully understand. Getting a story from your head to the paper is harder than it seems but oh so enjoyable once you do.