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 my friends. It is actually the second to last episode in this first season. Well not really the first season but you know what I mean this

origins season and man it's gone so fast. Today's topic is one that was really, really pivotal for my journey as an

entrepreneur and just a human in general. And honestly, I think if I hadn't gone through what I went through that I'm

about to share with you today I would be at a completely different spot and would have

not seen some of my goals and my targets come to fruition like I wanted them to.

So this is a really, really important period and I'm super pumped to share it with you today and

there's some really good takeaways that you can latch onto to pull into your own life as well.

So first off, I just have to say, you may have noticed the last, I think,

three episodes, the audio quality may have been a little different, maybe you noticed it, maybe you didn't.

So what actually happens, I just have to give you the backstory, I had recorded all the episodes for

this season before Christmas and I was so proud of myself because I had them done and I knew that I would get they would get me through January and I was being efficient and productive and then we decided to go visit my parents in Idaho for Christmas, like the same house I've been telling you about the same neighborhood.

So it's going back to my childhood home and we were going to enjoy the holidays with family.

And we got up there, you know, we drove all the way

it was like 14 hours, and I was settling into just a nice break.

And my podcast editor texted me and he's like a bunch of the

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