Exploring The Many Advantages Of Self-Sufficient Living With Mark Valencia
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In today's day and age, self-sustainability is more important than ever. And with the many educators on the internet, gaining access to this knowledge is becoming increasingly simple.
Joining us today to chat about his experience working with nature is Mark Valencia. Mark has a Youtube channel called Self Sufficient Me. On this channel, Mark educates viewers about realistic self-sufficient living, organic gardening, keeping wildlife, and more.
After leaving the military in 2008, Mark became an at-home dad that focused his efforts on gardening and self-sustainable living practices. After years of developing his skills in this area, Mark decided to document his methods to share with the world.
Click play to learn about:
- The challenges that Mark encountered when he first started gardening.
- How much time Mark allocates to gardening.
- The gardening issues that Mark deals with on a regular basis.
- How exercise and outdoor activities can improve mental health.
- As Mark often says, "you don't have to be self-sufficient in everything, just be self-sufficient in something."
You can find the Self Sufficient Me Youtube channel here, and website here!
Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
Transcript
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| 0:18.2 | Richard Jacobs has made it his life's mission to find them for you. |
| 0:22.3 | He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.1 | Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:28.7 | Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.4 | This is the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | The Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:41.8 | I have Mark Valencia, aka Self-Sufficient Me. |
| 0:45.2 | He has a YouTube channel called Self-Sufficient Me. |
| 0:47.8 | His website is also Self-SufficientMe.com. |
| 0:51.1 | And so we're going to talk to him about his work. |
| 0:52.7 | So, Mark, thanks for coming. |
| 0:54.1 | Good-day, Richard. Yeah, thanks for having me on your show. Yeah, tell me what, when did you start this self-sufficient, you know, drive or goal or quest? And, you know, what was your life like leading up to that? Well, my life leading up to it was hectic. I was in the military with my wife. We were both senior soldiers. I was a squadron sergeant major. |
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