Today Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Joel Ryals to talk about building on your passion, the rumors of coming shut downs, and more.
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Over the weekend, I got y'alls attention with a post about bookkeeping software. And I FIRED QuickBooks Online. Based on your response, I think it is time to have a discussion about the struggles of a creative addressing things in business that are outside our areas of talent and priority. I will share the things I must make myself do and how I handle it. Just because I am not inclined toward a thing does not mean I should ignore it.
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🎙️ Tuesday at 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Bobby Spags and John Willis. You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams
SOE YT: https://www.youtube.com/@SOEtacticalgear/streams
🎙️ Thursday at 7:30 pm - SRF Live with Toolman Tim! The master of kicking the poverty mindset to the curb will join me. Be sure to tune in for a great show!
You can catch the show:
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🎙️ Friday at 10:30 am - Tune in to the Homestead Happenings Show for all things homesteading. You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report: 8/26/2023
Dollar Tree: One drink cooler is still out of order, but the others are mostly full. There isn't much Venom left, so I hope they get more, although they do have the brewed tea now. Other stock looks good too, and the store was busy enough that a second line was opened.
Although we skipped Home Depot, I checked online for the price of a 2x4x8, and it remains at $3.68.
Aldi was last. We found most of what we wanted except cherries and dark chocolate; they had other varieties which I skipped. They did have heavy cream back in stock. Staple prices were: milk: $2.78; eggs: $1.06; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $3.19; bacon: $3.99; sugar: $3.09, and flour: $2.19. I may need to add potatoes; Sonia said this is the first time they were over $6, and they had been under $5 or even under $4.
Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899 / gallon. A side effect of having a rental car while ours was in the shop is that I got to discover that the usual corrupted stuff (with ethanol) is $3.399 / gallon.
Frugality Tip from Janet
Save 8-1/2 x 11” sheets of paper (printer mis-prints, etc.) and when you have a large stack of paper, take it to a copy shop and have them turn it into small notepads for you.
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Creatives' Struggles in Business
I struck a chord over the weekend with a post about Quickbooks Online and bookkeeping: I fired QBO. I got more engagement on that post than most over the past few months. People reached out with advice and suggestions. People also reached out saying the want to follow my progress because they have the same problem.
And what is the problem? I am a creative. I think big picture first, then details. If I was going to be screened, I would probably be diagnosed with ADHD and my chosen lifestyle aplifies those characteristics. In fact, they REALLY wanted to diagnose me in the third grade and Mom would not let them. Thank you MAMA SAUCE.
Creative Challenges in Business
Characteristics of creatives:
That being said, I know the power of having things tied up, prepared well in advance, finished and tracked from a feedback standpoint. The beauty of being in business is that the money stops when you are not meeting the needs of your customers and that is a pretty instant feedback.
Addressing Creative Challenges in Business
Summary:
So my creative listeners - what do you do to handle your creative challenges in business?
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AC is my friend this week. We finally had a set of days above 100 and Autofab reminded me that this happens every year between mid August and Mid September.
Winter is coming.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
FUNDRISER: https://www.kalebhouse.org/
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Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like.
Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/
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Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them.
Dollar Tree was a usual stop. The cooler containing the Venom I prefer is still down, so my drink was room temperature; oh well. Stock levels in the other coolers are still mostly good, with all at least half full, and some full. There were a lot of drinks on the shelves as well.
Home Depot had at least two visits. The price of a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big jump, back up to $3.68.
As usual we got our groceries at Aldi. They do not have any of the 70% chocolate I prefer, nor the 85% alternative. Staple prices were:
Eggs: $1.06; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon (1 lb. low sodium): $3.99; OJ: $3.19; sugar: $3.69; flour: $2.19.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip: Send yours in
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Failing Homesteaders From The Internet
The world of content creation has been rapidly growing in the homesteader and hobby farm sectors. You notice that?
Over the past few weeks, I noticed something interesting about fellow homesteaders on the Internet who are kicking butt. Most of the don’t realize it.
You see, there is this constant feeling that things are undone on a homestead and that is amplified when you are also working a job, or doing content creation which is like a whole other job.
That said, there are lots of homesteaders who are just plain showing the world that they are kicking ass. But when you get to know them, they are worried about the same things.
Then there are the homesteaders who are making great films but not actually doing the work. We’ve seen a few scandals in that regard of “Off Grid” folks living in the city but filing on their off grid locations.
So why am I bringing this up? It is because someone embarrassed me the other day. They said nice things about my homestead and what we are able together done here, while also making this podcast and shooting some video. All I could think of what hose cluttered my living room is right now, how behind I am on the remodel, and how crappy the quality of my videos is. I aspire to make these cool tutorials, then end up just shooting something as fast as I can and getting it out there so that SOMETHING is done.
Then I spoke with another friend who is newer to homesteading who was feeling like he hadn’t reached his stride yet because after a year, he had only done the following things <Insert an impressive list of stuff here>. He could not see how much he HAD DONE.
I started reaching out to other content creators who I know who seem to be doing awesome things and started hearing similar perspectives. They see what other homesteaders are doing, race to take care of everything while creating content that they feel is not good enough, constantly behind, etc.
<CHEESE STORY>
Guys, what gives? What if we are the problem? What if we are undermining ourselves with these perspectives?
* You are the story you tell yourself, so make it a good one
* Maybe people like to see real content that may to be top quality editing
* Let’s face it, You don’t make much money as a content creator - Youtube is definitely NOT paying the bills so we all have to get creative on that front
* Every time we waste a thought on feeling inadequate, we miss an opportunity to show someone how to do something they did not now how to do. Homesteading is a never-ending learning experience, you know more than you think you know
* Most homesteaders are in fact bad asses. Bas asses who will jump in to save a hurt chicken or lamb. Bad asses who will hand pick cabbage worms off their plants to avoid insecticide. Bad asses who have figured out how to look at a pile of produce from the garden and pit it together into a tasty meal. Bad asses who can make 14000 egg dished because there is always a time when you have too mane. Bad asses who have had to look at remorse and feel the guilt when an animal in your care died because of you either not knowing what to do, or accidentally creating a situation that was unsafe for the animal, or it just died and you somehow think it is your fault.
* We are fearless.
* We are not afraid to start something we know nothing about
* We are relentless and don’t give up
* We jump into things that other folks would never do and are more resilient because of it
But most of all, we have something most of the world does not: a true connection to nature, the cycles of life, and to God - however you define God. We are living in a way that is more grounded in the world and nature than most in modern society and because of this, we feel humble.
And I think this is why, when folks say something nice about what we do, we stammer, look around guiltily, and feel like they should be talking to someone else.
But what will change if we instead do this - say Thank you! I’ve worked hard to get where I am and often feel like I have not done enough and it is really nice to hear someone say that to me.
And what if we start telling each other more proactively when we see some homesteading kickassery?
What would that feel like? How could that change our worlds?
Just food for thought as we go into this hot week in August.
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Today, we will talk about the content creating homesteaders that are kicking butt and taking names, and what that feels like.
Featured Event: August 24 at 6pm: Spokane Washington Meetup: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/spokane-washington-meetup-2/
Sponsor 1: DiscountMylarBags.com: https://bit.ly/43r4dkx
Sponsor 2: Freesteading.com: https://bit.ly/3o2BcMR
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report from Joe
Our main shopping trip was Sunday rather than Saturday, as on Saturday one of the trips included a gun show at the Knoxville Expo Center. There, I found a few items, including a tourniquet, some small freedom seeds, and a garden implement for planting them.
Dollar Tree was a usual stop. The cooler containing the Venom I prefer is still down, so my drink was room temperature; oh well. Stock levels in the other coolers are still mostly good, with all at least half full, and some full. There were a lot of drinks on the shelves as well.
Home Depot had at least two visits. The price of a 2x4x8 has taken a pretty big jump, back up to $3.68.
As usual we got our groceries at Aldi. They do not have any of the 70% chocolate I prefer, nor the 85% alternative. Staple prices were:
Eggs: $1.06; whole milk: $2.86; heavy cream: $4.69; butter: $3.19; bacon (1 lb. low sodium): $3.99; OJ: $3.19; sugar: $3.69; flour: $2.19.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899.
Frugality Tip: Send yours in
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Failing Homesteaders From The Internet
The world of content creation has been rapidly growing in the homesteader and hobby farm sectors. You notice that?
Over the past few weeks, I noticed something interesting about fellow homesteaders on the Internet who are kicking butt. Most of the don’t realize it.
You see, there is this constant feeling that things are undone on a homestead and that is amplified when you are also working a job, or doing content creation which is like a whole other job.
That said, there are lots of homesteaders who are just plain showing the world that they are kicking ass. But when you get to know them, they are worried about the same things.
Then there are the homesteaders who are making great films but not actually doing the work. We’ve seen a few scandals in that regard of “Off Grid” folks living in the city but filing on their off grid locations.
So why am I bringing this up? It is because someone embarrassed me the other day. They said nice things about my homestead and what we are able together done here, while also making this podcast and shooting some video. All I could think of what hose cluttered my living room is right now, how behind I am on the remodel, and how crappy the quality of my videos is. I aspire to make these cool tutorials, then end up just shooting something as fast as I can and getting it out there so that SOMETHING is done.
Then I spoke with another friend who is newer to homesteading who was feeling like he hadn’t reached his stride yet because after a year, he had only done the following things <Insert an impressive list of stuff here>. He could not see how much he HAD DONE.
I started reaching out to other content creators who I know who seem to be doing awesome things and started hearing similar perspectives. They see what other homesteaders are doing, race to take care of everything while creating content that they feel is not good enough, constantly behind, etc.
<CHEESE STORY>
Guys, what gives? What if we are the problem? What if we are undermining ourselves with these perspectives?
* You are the story you tell yourself, so make it a good one
* Maybe people like to see real content that may to be top quality editing
* Let’s face it, You don’t make much money as a content creator - Youtube is definitely NOT paying the bills so we all have to get creative on that front
* Every time we waste a thought on feeling inadequate, we miss an opportunity to show someone how to do something they did not now how to do. Homesteading is a never-ending learning experience, you know more than you think you know
* Most homesteaders are in fact bad asses. Bas asses who will jump in to save a hurt chicken or lamb. Bad asses who will hand pick cabbage worms off their plants to avoid insecticide. Bad asses who have figured out how to look at a pile of produce from the garden and pit it together into a tasty meal. Bad asses who can make 14000 egg dished because there is always a time when you have too mane. Bad asses who have had to look at remorse and feel the guilt when an animal in your care died because of you either not knowing what to do, or accidentally creating a situation that was unsafe for the animal, or it just died and you somehow think it is your fault.
* We are fearless.
* We are not afraid to start something we know nothing about
* We are relentless and don’t give up
* We jump into things that other folks would never do and are more resilient because of it
But most of all, we have something most of the world does not: a true connection to nature, the cycles of life, and to God - however you define God. We are living in a way that is more grounded in the world and nature than most in modern society and because of this, we feel humble.
And I think this is why, when folks say something nice about what we do, we stammer, look around guiltily, and feel like they should be talking to someone else.
But what will change if we instead do this - say Thank you! I’ve worked hard to get where I am and often feel like I have not done enough and it is really nice to hear someone say that to me.
And what if we start telling each other more proactively when we see some homesteading kickassery?
What would that feel like? How could that change our worlds?
Just food for thought as we go into this hot week in August.
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Today, we return to our interview show series with a chat with the Renegade Butcher. Josh joins us from his overly hot studio, in the heat of summer, in Texas to talk about what he has been working on, AI, Nostr, Butchering meat and more.
1 Million Download Celebration Reminder: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/2023/08/14/one-million-downloads-celebration/
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Call!
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Josh grew up in the midwest with an ever-growing passion for cooking and food in general. Making his way to Texas nearly a decade ago, he added craft butchery and charcuterie as well as Texas style barbecue to his list of culinary obsessions. Eventually starting his own series of small businesses in an effort to help ease the pressure on small processors caused by the events in 2020. Not only has he been working to teach small ranchers and homesteaders how to process their own livestock in person, he runs a video/audio podcast, has built an active online community and has launched a much anticipated line of seasoning blends based on his own personal recipes. His blends have been well received by his wild game customers, and his sausage products are in demand every fall with local hunters.
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Today we talk about the great duck reset of 2023, a new way to do green curry, community fun and more.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Project: https://www.midwestpreparednessproject.com/
Sponsor 1: StrongRootsReources.com: https://bit.ly/42UPCgJ
Sponsor 2: AgoristTaxAdvice.com: https://bit.ly/3hDFWpa
Weather has been awesome - nice and cool relatively speaking.
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Today we take your questions on trombincino squash, songs, society, building your business, and more.
Featured Event: Self Reliance Festival: https://selfreliancefestival.com/?aff=nicolesauce
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Mona
What is the change you made coming up to this SRF that you think will make the biggest improvement?
ANOTHER QUESTION
Curious if either of you have a reaction (good, bad, or indifferent) to that song "Rich Men North of Richmond." I just heard it for the first time this morning.
From Lettie = What is one topic that has not been done at SRF that you would like to see?
John: Have you always been the kind of person who goes your own way without really caring what other people think?
John: If you could not sew anymore, what would you do?
Nicole
From andrea
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It’s time to celebrate! We have had our first million downloads at LFTN. Today we reflect on how we got here and how we want to celebrate!
Featured Event: Oct 28 & 29, Kentucky Sustainable Living Festival
Sponsor 1: Holler Roast Coffee: https://bit.ly/3oq04OO
Sponsor 2: EMPShield.com: https://bit.ly/3MBBELx, COUPON CODE LFTN
Livestream Schedule
🎙️ Tuesday at 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Skypirate. Due to the nature of Skypirate’s job, this may get rescheduled. He does important things and they can be unpredictable. This week, we are only streaming to LFTN and SRF on YT due to SOE having gotten a STRIKE! You can also see this stream on Odysee, here: YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
🎙️Interview shows are BACK! I am interviewing Josh the Renegade Butcher this Wednesday at 4pm.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
FB: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN
🎙️Backwoods Butcher and Renegade Butcher are going HEAD TO HEAD! Join us for an SRF live as we talk about their coming contest!
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PX-bHfC3AEOUPWgJ5d40g
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b
FB: https://www.facebook.com/LivingFreeInTN
🎙️ Friday at 10:30 am - Tune in to the Homestead Happenings Show for all things homesteading.
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report. 8/7/23
Our first trip on Saturday started with Dollar Tree as usual. The cooler with the Venom I like has been dead long enough that the drinks there are now room temperature. Oh well, I'm not interested in Coke or Pepsi products for caffeine.
Next we went to Hobby Lobby so Sonia could pick up some art supplies. We had not been there in a while, but I didn't notice any significant changes. The parking lot was mostly full as usual, and Sonia found what she wanted.
We skipped Home Depot today (I figured I'd check online for the 2x4x8 price), so the next and last stop was Aldi. The pad I was keeping in the car to record prices is still in the car; we've got a rental due to the car dying. I looked at the same things, and don't recall any significant changes. I'll grab another pad for next week.
Back home, we realized we forgot the fruit. We also discovered that some ladder supports we had ordered were eunuchs (both missing their nuts), and Sonia also decided she wanted some more of a particular product she bought at Hobby Lobby. Hobby Lobby isn't open on Sunday, so we took our second trip today. Hobby Lobby was just as busy, and Sonia got what she wanted.
The second stop of the weekend at Home Depot also allowed me to check the price of a 2x4x8. It is back up to $3.25 after being just $2.98 last week. That's still lower than it has been; they're probably still adjusting.
Aldi had the cherries, bananas, and cantaloupe we had forgotten.
A gallon of untainted regular remains at $3.899, but I suspect it is wishful thinking to believe it will stay there.
Frugality Tip
None submitted this week
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: One Million Downloads
I never even gave a thought to having a million downloads when I first started Living Free in Tennessee, especially with only 14 downloads of my second episode. Yet we passed that number a little while ago.
So the question came up, how do we celebrate?
1,000,000 Downloads Give Away:
Entering is super easy
We started as a creative outlet, became a show, transitioned into a community of doers.
Some People To Talk About
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Best baked wings recipe, funny new "found" livestock and more.
Featured Event: Midwest Preparedness Festival
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Sponsor 2: Harvest Right: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html
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Today we talk about public policy in the US, what motivates police from an arresting and ticketing standpoint, why girls should do gun training, and more with Dana McLendon and John Willis.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
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Today we talk about real estate, AI, community gardens and more with Davian McKnight and John Willis.
Featured Event: Wednesday, August 9 - Meetup in Medford, Oregon at 6 pm. RSVP Online to let me know you will be there. We will meet at 6pm at Bricktown Brewery!
Sponsor 1: John Pugliano and the Wealthsteading Podcast
Sponsor 2: DiscountMylarBags.com
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Today, we talk about surprise baby rabbits, baby ducks in training, garden abundance, food preservation, ruining cheese, and more.
Featured Event: Girl Gun Weekend, Last Chance: https://www.livingfreeintennessee.com/event/girl-gun-weekend-2023/
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Today we talk about content creation, tools, new ideas, and building your business with Jack Spirko and John Willis.
Featured event: SelfRelianceFestival.com
Sponsor 1: Senior Chief Electric: https://bit.ly/3MKKbuu
Sponsor 2: Harvest Right Freeze Dryers: https://affiliates.harvestright.com/1095.html
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