STOP trying to be Self-Sufficient (Do This Instead)

Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

Home Management, Leisure, Home & Garden, Arts, Self-sufficiency, Organic Gardening, Education, From-scratch Cooking, Homestead Pantry, Sustainable Living, Food, Modern Homesteading, Simple Living, Herbal Remedies, Homesteading Podcast, Food Preservation, Raising Livestock, How To

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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For many homesteaders, the dream is complete self-sufficiency. Producing all your own food. Depending on no one. Living independently. But is that really possible? And more importantly, is it even the right goal? In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, we’re sharing why complete self-sufficiency is actually a myth and what matters far more: building practical skills and strengthening community. We discuss how focusing on skills rather than trying to do everything yourself leads to more resi...

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0:51.9	magazine. I think there's even been times in our past where that that was kind of like
0:56.4	the dream. We're going to live out in the middle of nowhere. We're going to produce everything we need.
1:00.6	We're not going to have to depend on anybody. I think the further we've gotten in our journey,
1:04.8	the more we've realized that not only is that kind of a myth, especially in our modern world,
1:14.4	but it's also detrimental to what we really want. Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want more
1:19.9	self-sufficiency without burning out. I'm Josh. And I'm Carolyn from Homesteading Family. And in every
1:26.3	episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics from growing and preserving your food to raising livestock to herbal medicine and anything homesteading in between.
1:37.5	Let's jump in.
1:38.6	You know, a lot of times we hear people coming into homesteading and they have this desire to be completely self-sufficient.
1:48.6	Or maybe they feel like they're not really homesteading unless they're like, you know, a huge
1:54.9	amount self-sufficient. And this is just something that we really want to talk about today because
2:00.8	there's actually something that's a lot more important than self-sufficiency.
2:05.9	And it's actually something that's a little more attainable.
2:09.3	You have a first a little bit of chit-chat?
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