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 friends. We are continuing on in our theme for season?

What is this season?

Is the season one or season two?

I still don't know.

I guess you call the first however many episodes I recorded season one.

I don't know.

Anyway, this is whatever the season this is. Our theme is origins and I'm going

deep deep deep into my own background, who I was before I became the homestead girl, how I got to this point, and how our homestead began.

And of course I'm not only just going to be talking about my own story, but I'm going to be pulling out bits and pieces

that you can take and apply to your own life.

So I'm having fun with this.

I hope you're having fun with it as well.

I believe when I left you in the last episode I was standing in my

college dormitory parking lot, waving goodbye to my parents as they left to head back home after dropping me off at college

and there I was the shy homeschool girl who didn't know a soul and was far far

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