A couple of months ago, I ran across this post on the artofmanliness.com website.  I immediately thought about how what they were saying could apply to homesteading.  If we are not careful, we can homestead not based on our plans or our desires, but based on what everyone else is doing or what everyone else thinks we should be doing.SO, on this episode, I give you some of the strategies that I used to do my best to avoid the auto-suggested homestead.On this episode I also talk about some of the things we are doing to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the show.  We will be giving away some HJP Merch, including some mugs from http://www.creekroadpottery.com as well as some T-shirts from our new TeeSpring shop.You can enter to win by doing the following:Enter to win by sharing The Homestead Journey Podcast on social media using #TheHomesteadJourneyPodcastBy leaving us a review on your preferred podcasting platform and emailing me @ Brian@TheHomesteadJourney.netBy going to http://giveaway.thehomesteadjourney.net/birthday and signing up.Enjoy!!Brianhttp://www.thehomesteadjourney.net/shophttp://www.thehomesteadjourney.nethttps://www.facebook.com/TheHomesteadJourneyPodcasthttp://www.youtube.com/c/3BFarmandHomesteadhttps://www.facebook.com/3BFarmNY/https://www.instagram.com/thehomesteadjourneypodcast/?hl=enhttps://teespring.com/stores/thehomesteadjourneypodcastBrian@thehomesteadjourney.netWildebeest Publishing: Be Yourself. Run Wild. Take Leaps.Apply for a chance to have your book published for free at wildebeestpubishing.com/pod The Cellar Door PodcastJoin wine explorer, Tom Massey, in the Cellar Door to hear the stories of the people...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show