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Also worth noting that this is the second edition, I’ve never read through a first edition so I couldn’t tell you the differences in content. There is a different cover, and the first edition was published in the 80s, this one was published in ‘93.

Genuinely wishing anyone who wants a copy the best of luck, it sucks when fantastic resources are out-of-print and cost a lot of money. My hope is that sharing the prices I commonly see can help folks get a sense of when it’s worth jumping on a sale and when it’s just plain old price gouging.

Have a fuckton of money saved up. No, not just the amount you need to start the home stead. Living expenses for a year in case you fail money.

Research for like, a year minimum.

Apprentice with successful home steaders. They can teach you the ropes. Bonus: you’ll find out if the life is really for you.

Get to know the community you’ll be living around. Support them, and they will support you. Successful home steading actually relies on groups more than you’d think.

Have the skills to easily reenter the job market, or get a remote job. Or at least some kind of backup plan. The failure rate is ridiculously high.

Never buy a property without access to water!!!

Write down the reasons you might quit, with real…anti goals. If you meet a certain threshold, get out! This should help with the sunk cost fallacy.

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This gave me second hand relaxation