{"id":4728,"date":"2023-02-25T15:46:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T20:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/?p=4728"},"modified":"2023-02-25T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T20:54:14","slug":"my-philosophy-for-life-business-and-homesteading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindypotvin.com\/my-philosophy-for-life-business-and-homesteading\/","title":{"rendered":"My philosophy for life, business and homesteading"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve started out my business less than a year ago, freelancing and now attempting to build out a few SaaS ideas, but I’ve been a homesteader for many years. Homesteading has been instrumental in shaping my current business philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you’re homesteading, you’re doing many things yourself that most people would instead buy, such as growing vegetables and making your own bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It may not be cost-effective at a glance, but when you’re homesteading, you’re investing your time to get a good return in various products for your household, instead of selling your time outside and buying products with after-tax dollars. It’s creating money like a business!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m in for the good food and for the fun of making, but having a baseline level of efficiency is important. It’s a way of life that can easily eat up all your spare time with all those small projects and various side quests, so might as well make the most of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are the lessons homesteading has taught me:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n