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As we age, the deepest problem isn't health or money but feeling needed. A farmer who retires loses his purpose overnight. Building a life around grandchildren, creating a home where they feel empowered, turns that need into something real.
As we age, the deepest problem isn't health or money but feeling needed. A farmer who retires loses his purpose overnight. Building a life around grandchildren, creating a home where they feel empowered, turns that need into something real.
I want late life to look like the grandkids are nearby and have to fight over who gets to spend all day with grandpa. You know, that's a simple dream, but it's complicated, isn't it? You know, it doesn't just, it doesn't just happen. You have to, you have to be intentional about having a place that the kids want to stay. It's got to be a place that empowers them, that affirms them, You know, all this sort of thing. If you study, you know, aging psychology, business books, one of the things you find is that the single biggest problem with aging is the need to feel needed. It has struck me powerfully now that most farmers, when they get to my age, now are newly alone.
If I had to start my Homestead all over again, it could only pick one animal… 
