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Category: Environmental Scientist

Part 3: Burnout–a relaxed return to my day job

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| Animal Husbandry, Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Mental Health, Winter

Yeah, right…despite resting as much as possible over the last few months, I have not been able to recover from burnout. It feels like I’ve hit a wall. Recovery is definitely a work in progress. 

Phoenix here, talking about homesteading and working while dealing with burnout…

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Part 2: Burnout–Recovery (by Phoenix)

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| Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Mental Health, Spirituality
Retreat-inspired painting (by Phoenix)

Hi, Phoenix here. While working towards my recovery from serious burnout, I realized I needed some time to reflect deeply and seriously about my life…

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Part 1: Burnout (by Phoenix)

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| Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Mental Health, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here; today I want to level with you–I am burnt out from juggling a full-time job, the homestead, home renovations, recovery from a broken wrist, and navigating various interpersonal relationships…

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Part 2: Reprieve from social isolation–hanging out with my parents continued (by Phoenix)

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| Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Socializing
Piece of art Dad made while on the homestead (log) and painting Mom made and sent me earlier.

Hi, Phoenix here again continuing the blog series on hanging out with my parents. They’ve been here now for about 5 weeks, and the time has flown by….

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Ode to weather monitors (by Phoenix)

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| Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here. In this post, I want to talk about weather monitors…

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Part 1: Zooming out to revisit the big picture of sustainability (by Phoenix)

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| Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Mental Health, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here. Many of the previous posts have dealt with the details of achieving sustainability on a homestead. Three years into my journey, I’d like to revisit the important reason, the why, behind sustainability…

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Part 1: Lessons from temporarily returning to the grid (by Phoenix)

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| Energy, Environmental Scientist, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here after some much-needed self-care. A few months ago, I went to a week-long work conference and stayed in a hotel. It was weird being back on the grid,…

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Part 2: Long-term water solutions for the outdoors (By K)

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| Environmental Scientist, Human solutions, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability, Water-savings

During the last blog post, I discussed some indoor long-term water solutions for saving money through water bills, and saving water (and the environment) for future generations. In this post, I will discuss outdoor water-saving solutions…

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Part 2: Benefits of having a sustainable home

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| Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Mental Health, Sustainability
Erik Stoesser-Casad

I knew going into this having a sustainable home was going to make me feel better.  I just didn’t know…

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Part 1: Creating a sustainable home

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| Energy, Environmental Scientist, Homesteading, Sustainability

In a previous post, I discussed the unsustainable way I had been living my life. Not only was I an environmental scientist unable to practice what I preached, but…

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