Have you ever had a love/hate relationship with something? Well, I have a love/hate relationship with some of my farm work. I don't usually use the word hate, and there are very few things I actually hate. And I don't really hate any of my farm work. But I do strongly dislike some things, and I've come to realize that it's perfectly fine and normal not to love every part of your life. It's the things that challenge us that are often the reason we love the things we love.
Many tears have been shed throughout my homesteading journey, and a lot of those tears have been due to frustrations with farm work. My hands freezing while removing ice from water troughs and milking goats in below-zero temperatures (though the warm goat teats always warmed them up 😄) are two examples of these frustrating moments and have made me wonder why I chose to have a farm. Massive amounts of manure accumulate on every farm with farm animals. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with it. And the mud!! So much mud during rainy seasons.
Even though I have times of strong dislike for these things that make having a farm difficult, I still love the homesteading life. I love learning where my mind is limiting me from growth and pushing through it like a seedling emerging from its seed.
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Mona's Links:
Free Homesteading for Beginners Checklist:
https://www.healthyhomesteading.com/checklist/
Homesteading for Beginners workbook:
https://healthyhomesteading.com/workbook
Workshop for Beginner Homesteaders and Dreamers (includes workbook):
https://www.healthyhomesteading.com/workshops/
Homestead Income YouTube channel:
https://youtube.com/@HomesteadIncome
101 Homestead Income Ideas List:
https://www.healthyhomesteading.com/homesteadincome
Homestead Income Plan Group (FACEBOOK):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/homesteadincomeplan
Mona's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/farmer_mona/
Homesteading for Beginners YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@homesteadingforbeginners
Listen on Apple or Spotify:
Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homesteading-for-beginners/id1636732326
Spotify:
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