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Category: Homesteading

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: The importance of partnership in homesteading (by Phoenix)

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| Homesteading, Mental Health, Self-sufficiency, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here. Today I want to talk about the importance of partnership in homesteading…

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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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Part 1: Reprieve from social isolation–hanging out with my parents (by Phoenix)

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| Homesteading, Socializing, Sustainability

Hi, Phoenix here. For the last few blog posts, I’ve been describing how K and I have been restoring a house to function off-grid for my parents to stay in when they visit. Before, they had to stay in a trailer, which is ok for a few days but not for a few months, especially in the summer or winter. Now the house has electricity, propane, and running water…

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Part 4: Springtime on the homestead–getting running water continued

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| Homesteading, Self-sufficiency
New on-demand water heater

Hi again, Phoenix here continuing the blog series on getting running water to the house we’re fixing up. Last time we talked about fixing several leaks (see Part 3). Once the third leak was fixed, we discovered one leak, and possibly more, within the concrete…

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Part 3: Springtime on the homestead–Getting running water

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| Homesteading, Self-sufficiency

Hi, Phoenix here continuing the series springtime on the homestead. Last time, I talked about how K and I are fixing up a house that hadn’t been lived in for years. It had no electricity, running water, or heating. In the previous post, I described the solar system we put up. In this post, I’ll describe our adventures on getting running water…

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Part 2: Springtime on the homestead–converting a house to off-grid 

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| Homesteading, Self-sufficiency

Hi, Phoenix here, relishing this time of year. K and I are finally able to tackle big projects we had to postpone over the winter….

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Part 1: Springtime on the homestead–baby animals (by Phoenix)

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| Animal Husbandry, Dairy Farming, Homesteading

Hi, Phoenix here. We’re finally getting warmer weather going into spring after a crazy winter…

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