Sticking Points

Sometimes tasks on a homestead pile up and the stress to accomplish them becomes overwhelming.

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by Unsplash/Johannes Plenio

Much has been written on ‘how to’ start and maintain a homestead but I have found little on how to keep on going when things pile up and it gets tough going. Many people have grandiose ideas about homesteading but after a while when the reality of all the hard work bears down on them, the dream gets tarnished when the going gets tough.

Getting A Backlog: 

Homesteading takes tremendous dedication, organizational skills and a strong work ethic. There is always something that needs attention and pretty quickly things can unravel as you move from one project to another. Getting bogged down in one task can leave others undone. Next thing we know there is a backlog of things needing to be done and the homesteader is overwhelmed.

Lessons That Carry Over In Life: 

I associate homesteading with when I used to lift weights. Most of my life I have lifted weights and I see a parallel between some things I learned when lifting weights and homesteading. When doing the bench press for example, you have substantial weight balanced over you and that last repetition just won’t go up to full extension. You  have reached what is referred to as a ‘sticking point.’ No matter how hard you push, that weight just won’t go up. There you lay with that  weight teetering over you and it won’t move upward.

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