Feeling Overwhelmed Before Spring? Do This Now (Round Table) | 501
Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World
Melissa K Norris
4.8 • 974 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Winter is often described as the slow season, but what if that isn't actually true? In this episode, we're sharing the honest reality of what winter really looks like on a homestead and why slow living doesn't happen automatically. Instead, it's something we must create intentionally.
We talk about how winter shifts from growing and harvesting to planning and evaluating, how to adjust your homestead to match your current season of life, and why creating small pockets of margin can make a powerful difference in your health, stress levels, and sustainability.
In this episode, you'll learn:
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Why winter isn't truly a slow season
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How to evaluate what worked in your garden and pantry
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The importance of creating intentional margin
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How small habits can restore energy and clarity
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Why slow living starts with honest evaluation
If you've ever felt like you're constantly busy, even in winter, this episode will help you create a more sustainable, intentional pace. Listen now and start building margin into your homesteading life. For more information and any links mentioned, visit the blog post here: https://melissaknorris.com/501
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, pioneers and welcome back to one of my favorites is our roundtable episode. And today I've got |
| 0:12.1 | Michelle and Rachel joining me. If you've been a part of our roundtable episodes, then you are |
| 0:17.1 | very familiar with them already. Or if you're a pioneering today Academy members, you know them well. |
| 0:23.2 | One of the things that we really want to talk about today is while we are still in that |
| 0:28.3 | somewhat slower season before the garden and all of the outside stuff really starts |
| 0:34.1 | popping and happening is how we set ourselves up now for the future. |
| 0:43.5 | And what I mean by that is you may or may not be familiar with this. I've heard it shared |
| 0:48.9 | numerous times. I've shared it numerous times. But you can take it for where you think about what you do at night |
| 0:57.1 | is a nighttime routine or a morning routine. |
| 0:59.6 | And I think about, okay, will my morning self, so this is at night, like say don't feel like |
| 1:05.9 | doing the dinner dishes. |
| 1:07.7 | And I'm like, okay, but will my morning self be really happy that I started the day |
| 1:12.1 | with a clean kitchen? The answer is yes. And so that gives me the motivation to do the dishes |
| 1:20.7 | if I'm not really feeling like doing it. And I can't say that I've ever done the dishes. |
| 1:26.6 | I've been like, man, I wish I just left the dirty dishes in the sink. |
| 1:29.9 | I don't think I've ever had that happen. |
| 1:32.1 | So it's kind of taking that concept, but we are looking a little bit further down the road. |
| 1:39.8 | And looking at that a little bit more long term, which is often really hard for us as humans to do. |
| 1:45.3 | We are really hardwired for that more immediate payoff. |
| 1:49.7 | We're much more motivated by the short term. |
| 1:52.9 | I mean, think about it. |
| 1:54.0 | Because for a lot of us, when you think about working out, for example, Sometimes people really enjoy working out. |
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