About Flocking Awesome
I Said Flock My Life
The American dream is my nightmare.
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Ever since I can remember, I have loved being in the dirt, the mud, the water, the forest, the mountains, the meadows. This is all I’ve ever needed. It feeds my soul, it feeds everyone’s soul who pays any attention. As a child I could get lost just following the dog around in the fields, losing all track of time (one time my mom called the police because it had been hours and I was only 4…oops). I would stop to check out every bug, every flower, soaking in all the smells and sounds of the natural world around me. I didn’t care if it was pouring rain or the sun was shining. It was true freedom. This is the world I felt truly at home in.
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I was a child of the 90s, when many women were starting businesses and becoming prominent figures in the corporate world. Yet by the time I entered adulthood, the middle class had begun to shrink. I’ve been funneled into a world where money has been painted as the single most important thing in our lives. It is seen as the definition of success. I think we’ve got that wrong. What if we changed our priorities? Could we even be healthier and happier? What does a successful life look like to you? Is it spending 40 hours or more every week at work for decades? Just so you can save up and enjoy the last few years of your life? Perhaps many of us won’t even have enough to retire. What happens then?
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My goal for this page is to inspire others who share my struggles. I’m a busy, full-time marketer and graphic designer, who runs a side business with my fiancé. I also have this strong desire to lead a more independent life, connect more with nature, and be self-sufficient. Something that takes lots of time, patience and learning by trial and error. It is a struggle, and I know that there are others out there who share these challenges with me. There are those who feel stuck, who have been funneled into a society where success equals money. They’ve been told that if you don’t have a degree, you have nothing. They entered college when it was more expensive than it’s ever been, beginning their adult lives in serious debt. They’ve been forced into the working world in a society where their cost of living increases faster than their income. They feel like they’re drowning, living paycheck to paycheck, always working off debt with not enough time to enjoy this short life we have on Earth. It’s difficult to see a way out.
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There are plenty of homesteading blogs out there, but none that consider people who are busy and on a tight budget. This is why I feel it is important to share my journey. You CAN start from wherever you are, you CAN work toward your goal of living a life that is better for your mind, body and soul. A life that is slower and more peaceful. For myself, it means spending every free moment I have doing just that. It doesn’t feel like work, it’s rewarding, fun and fulfilling. But I would be lying if I said I wasn’t exhausted at the end of every weekend, only to begin my week at work. It doesn’t stop me, because I love connecting with plants and animals and it feeds my soul. With each day that I spend working on homesteading skills, my desire to live self-sufficiently grows. I have become truly addicted to it.
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My ultimate goal is to take my career remotely or to the freelance world and build a cabin and the small farm of my dreams. I hope you’ll enjoy following along as I discover and rediscover all the ways in which I eventually get to my goal. I hope it inspires you to do the same and start your self-sufficiency journey today. You don’t have to do everything all at once. Start small, become addicted, and feed your soul!