You're listening to the old-fashioned on-purpose podcast, where ambitious people master the art of returning to their roots.

Have you found yourself disenchanted with society or wishing you could

opt out of the rat race? Perhaps you're craving a life that's meaningful and tangible,

a life where you can create and produce instead of merely consume.

I'm Jill Winger, best-selling author and longtime homesteader.

Over the last 10 years, I've helped thousands of families create more connection, grow amazing organic food, and find the ultimate fulfillment through an old-fashioned lifestyle.

And I can do the same for you. Now on to our episode.

Welcome back. We are continuing on with our origins series so we are switching to a seasonal format.

So in the past, I've just done a bunch of random topics all strung together,

but we're going to be shifting over to themes.

And our first season's theme is a little different than what I've done in previous episodes.

I'm going to get a little deep and a little personal and I'm going to take you on the journey of my

beginnings and the beginnings of our homestead and how I

transformed over the years from this kind of weird shy girl to who I am today. And the purpose of this is not just to talk about myself.

That wouldn't be super interesting, but I also want to be able to pull out different pieces of this that you can take

and ruminate on or apply to your life.

So I'm excited.

In this episode, we're going to talk about one of the most important things that happened to me as a teenager

and how that shaped everything that was to come. So as I hit teenage years, I still was pretty awkward and shy.

But something happened at the age of 14 that changed everything for me.

And that was I got my first horse.

So if you remember from the first episode in this series, I told you that I was obsessed,

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