Creating a Lifestyle vs. Following a Fad

Roots and Refuge Podcast

Jessica Sowards

Home & Garden, Leisure

5 • 646 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Hey, everyone! Welcome to episode 63 of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.

In today's episode we're diving into a candid discussion about homesteading being a sustainable lifestyle versus a trendy hobby.

We'll explore the concept of mindful consumption across all aspects of life, questioning the true value of investing our energy into every homemade endeavor. We'll also chat about 2 personality types when it comes to facing change. Are you a "frying pan personality" or a "crockpot personality"? Let's dig into the merits of immediate versus gradual change and how to find sustainable habits that align with our values and the reality of our daily lives.

Join me as we navigate the pitfalls of comparison and condemnation in the age of social media, and learn how to apply homesteading principles realistically to create lasting changes.

Remember, living sustainably isn't accidental — it requires relentless mindfulness of our consumption habits. Tune in to discover how I strive to strike the balance between homemade and convenience, ensuring each choice we make in our home is a mindful one.

Thanks for joining me on the Roots and Refuge Podcast, where we're all about fostering intentional living and mindful choices. 🌱

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0:00.0	Hey there, darlings, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge podcast. I'm your host, Jessica Sauer.
0:14.5	My friends call me Jess, and I hope you will too. And here on my podcast, we talk about all things food growing, raising animals, growing gardens,
0:22.8	homesteading in all the different capacities, preserving, preparing, and enjoying that food,
0:28.2	as well as just trying to live a little more mindfully with each other and with the earth.
0:33.2	I post new podcast episodes every Wednesday.
0:36.1	They go out early on our Patreon.
0:38.3	And today I want to talk to you guys a little bit about creating a lifestyle
0:43.2	instead of just jumping on a fad or a bandwagon or a trend train, however you want to call it.
0:52.2	The homesteading movement has definitely gained a lot of
0:56.8	momentum over the recent years. I would say, I think that I really started to pursue homesteading
1:04.1	in the capacity of like learning, foraging, learning to can, cooking from scratch. Around 15 or so years ago, so maybe like
1:15.2	2000, I think it was around 2008 or so that I really, really got super interested in it. Prior to that,
1:21.3	it had been sort of just like a romantic notion that I loved the idea of. And I had started
1:26.2	like cloth diapering when my now 18 year old was a newborn and the kind of
1:31.3	natural mothering route introduced some things.
1:33.8	And then my second son had food allergies.
1:36.5	I've told that story in depth.
1:37.8	I don't have to go into all of the nitty gritty today.
1:40.3	But when I first started showing an interest in homesteading I remember the section of books at the
1:47.2	store was quite small of course this was prior to YouTube and having lots of videos out at the time
1:54.1	there were blogs there were a few bloggers that I read regularly I did consume all the content
2:00.6	that I could find on homesteading at the time there
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