Yearly Planning Without the Overwhelm

When we sit down and start to plan out our year, it can be very easy to quickly get overwhelmed and feel like there’s no way we’ll be able to get everything done. But that’s usually because we haven’t made a plan!

Inside look at The Family Garden Planner charts.

Remember those Staples commercials where they had the “Easy Button?” Isn’t that what so many of us are looking for in life?

Sometimes we come into this homesteading lifestyle looking for a simpler life. However, we confuse “simple” with “easy,” and this life is anything but easy.

So how do we make goals and plan out the year while living in the moment but also looking toward the next season(s)?

That’s what we’re discussing in today’s podcast (Pioneering Today Podcast Episode #375). So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s chat about goal planning without the overwhelm.

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Here are the topics I’m covering in this podcast as well as any links mentioned.

The Modern Homesteading Conference (June 30-July 31, 2023)
- Over 25 speakers
- Joel Salatin demonstrating chicken butchering
- Brandon Sheard demonstrating pig butchering
- Demonstrations of milking a cow
- Food vendors
- Product vendors
How to keep the overwhelm and stress from taking over and keeping you from moving forward and achieving goals.
Make a list and do what has to happen this week only.
What’s coming up this year on the Norris Farmstead.
- Preserving classes
- Pig butchering workshop
What our family is planning on raising and growing this year.
Experimenting with amending the new garden soil at the Farmstead (learn how to do a soil test here).
Starting seeds for the year and figuring out how I’ll be adding more seeds than usual. (Learn how to start seeds here and check out this post on troubleshooting seed-starting issues.)
How much to plant per person for a year’s worth of food. Grab my charts to know how much to plant per year here.
Understand that the first time you do something new, it’s always harder.
Consider the Pioneering Today Academy (sign up here for the waitlist to be notified when doors open in March).
Thank you to everyone who reached out about losing Clover, our milk cow. If you missed it, you can listen to the podcast where I shared Rebel’s birth story and the last days of Clover’s life here.