Just start. Experience is the best teacher. This is one of the most misleading pieces of advice I see on here. Homesteading is no joke. It’s not some fairytale where you just push through the hardship and everything magically works out.
What they don’t tell you, but I will, is that you might end up bathing in the ocean during winter or eating leaves and wild berries you forage to survive. At least that’s what I had to do, because I live in a really remote location. But what I'm trying to say is, the chances of you burning out are pretty high
Did it eventually work out after 20 years? Yes. But I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I had to work like a horse to get here and go through a ton of struggles. My advice: get your ducks in a row first, then move out here. And you will need money, that’s unavoidable. The second thing is actual knowledge, you might have the money to set up your place, but if you don't set systems up right, you might end up in the same position as the other person.
I actually made a comprehensive checklist of systems you need to set up before moving out here. If you manage to check off these 11 things, you won’t struggle as much. I understand not everyone has the money to do all of them, and you can definitely set up cheaper alternatives; the goal is just to have them in place.
I put it in another Google Doc, and this time I did way better at designing it and including more valuable info.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iYLMuX-_4vhneeMuCyKy-rDqdybo35r743ByybnDY0o/edit?usp=sharing
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