Justin RhodesAbundant Permaculture, LLC · Boss

Give your future self little gifts

Name: Give your future self little gifts
Uploaded: 2024-05-07T03:00:02+00:00
Duration: 21 s
Channel: Justin Rhodes
Description: In this brief homesteading reflection, the speaker uses the example of planting, tending, and harvesting potatoes to illustrate how hard work on the…

7 May 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief homesteading reflection, the speaker uses the example of planting, tending, and harvesting potatoes to illustrate how hard work on the homestead can be viewed as "little gifts" to one's future self. By framing labor as an investment that yields future benefits, the speaker encourages listeners to work diligently now, trusting that they will appreciate the payoff later. The central message is that homesteading is fundamentally about putting in effort now to reap rewards in the future.

Think about your hard work differently on the homestead. For example, these potatoes— we work so hard to put these into the ground, cultivate these, and tend them, and ultimately harvest these. It's a lot of work. Think of it like little gifts to your future self. Work hard now, reap the benefits later. That's what homesteading is all about— working hard, giving your future self little gifts. You'll thank yourself later.