Birthday gifts this year: Old-school brass handle knife Wool coat Logger boots A good robe [very important for yurt life]

This is my kind of luxury

My primary legacy won't be as a writer, homesteader, or bitcoiner. This is my legacy. They raise me up. They are my very heart. Spending my life to love and protect them is such a privilege. I feel like the richest man in the world...

Confidence without competence is just pride. Don't teach your kids to be confident, make them skilled. 1) We have a barebones curriculum and spend most of the rest of their education teaching them sustainable food, housing, budgeting and faith. 2) They are ravenous readers because we will buy them books about any subject they are interested in. 3) We also have a heavy emphasis on history, identifying scams, and negotiating.

10/10 would invite 😁

I think a _majority_ of oppressive patterns can be chaulked up to unnatural incentive structures, not macro-conspiratorial overlords.

It's hard to tell from the perspective but that chair is like 3' away from the table! Haha. My wife found them in the middle of nowhere Alabama for like $100 bucks. They are amazing.