Which Chestnut Variety is Right for You?
Which chestnut variety is right for you? Your Thriving Resource for Choosing the Best Chestnut Trees for Your Land.
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I Stopped Shopping My Way to Resilience. It’s All About your Mindset.
Consumer Culture Wants You Broke and Dependent. Tips to Change your mindset!
Ep. 174 – Achieve Your Intentional Life Goals, Not Futile Resolutions
Why resolutions fail, but living an intentional life will succeed
That Time the Feds Crashed our Homesteading Group Chat
The Feds crashed our Homesteading group chat and calls. It did not go well. Plus – The Life and Death of a Mutual Assistance Group.
Move Your Vegetable Garden Closer to Home: A Zone 1 Permaculture Strategy
Why Zone 1 is the most important area of your land or yard. Zone 1 is the closest to your house. You walk by it or through it every day. And if you are like me, it may not be used to it’s best design.
Thriving the Future is Still Thriving Four Years Later
Thriving the Future has been sharing “positive solutions to help you Thrive” for over four years now.
Skills Over Stuff
How to develop skills rather than just buy more stuff. Teach your kids foundational skills, including conflict resolution. Teach them worldview and values.
Ep. 169 – It is Time to Rethink Your Community
We all need community. But divisions are destroying friendships and fracturing communities across America. Many people now refuse to associate with those who hold different views — avoiding them at farmer’s markets, skipping social gatherings, even ending decades-long friendships. But there’s another path forward: a framework to navigate forgiveness, set appropriate limits, and create space for people in your outer circles without compromising your values.
Ep. 168 – You Need to be Bloomscrolling, Not Doomscrolling
You need to post your wins and surround yourself with positive people.
Ep. 167 – Why Gen Z Doesn’t Care About your Traditional Career Path
Gen Z has a very different view of job, career, and money than older people (even Gen X). I interview my Gen Z friend, not to poke fun, but to understand them.