What We've Learned About Contentment

Everyday Homesteading

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4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In this episode of Everyday Homesteading, we open up about cultivating contentment in every season of our homestead life. It's easy to feel grateful when everything is going smoothly, but true contentment is often built in the hard moments. Today, we talk about choosing gratitude, navigating overwhelm, balancing the desire to grow with the ability to rest, and finding joy in whatever season you are in. ✅ For more information, visit the blog post here: https://homesteadingfamily.com/cultiva...

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0:00.0	Hey you guys, this is Carolyn from homesteading family. Did you know that every single month
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0:22.6	homesteading podcast, the magazine equips and empowers you to thrive on your homestead,
0:28.9	whether you're in a city apartment or a suburban neighborhood or on 40 acres. So you can subscribe
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0:51.8	magazine. Contentment says today I can be joyful with what i have wanting more
1:00.4	doesn't need to interrupt that and i hope that next week or next year whatever it is we can add these
1:08.4	additional skills and i'm you know know, I'm practicing new stuff,
1:12.2	but it doesn't take away from the joy that you can have today because today is good enough.
1:18.6	Welcome to Everyday Homesteading, the show for busy families who want more self-sufficiency
1:23.3	without burning out. I'm Josh. And I'm Carolyn from homesteading family.
1:28.0	And in every episode, we share time-tested knowledge on topics
1:31.9	from growing and preserving your food to raising livestock to herbal medicine
1:36.8	and anything homesteading in between.
1:39.9	Let's jump in.
1:41.3	It's really easy to be content and to feel gratitude when things are like kind of humming
1:48.0	along.
1:48.8	They're going your way.
1:50.7	Everything is smooth.
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