Howdy Homesteaders/Off-Gridders/ Alternative Aventurers of Steemit!
I want to chat for a minute about Guilty Pleasures!
Guilty Pleasure
something pleasurable that induces a usually minor feeling of guilt
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Many of us Homesteading and those choosing more Alternative lives have traded in what most people consider necessities for the chance of a different kind of life.
This trade-off trickles down into many of the details of our daily lives. Priorities shift.
I challenge my fellow Steemians to post about something that you consider to be a Guilty Pleasure... Especially if it is something that didn't used to bring about that "guilty" feeling.
Here's mine!!!
Vacuuming with my Beloved Shop-Vac!!!!!
We are homesteading off-grid. We are homesteading debt-free.
This means our life is powered by generator... Generators consume gasoline... Gasoline costs $$.
We usually start the generator as it gets dark in the evening. Everything that needs electricity to function happens then. Keeping the gas bill low has high value to us.
My guilty pleasure is to pull that starter cord with the sun shining bright, turn on some motivating music, and you already know....vacuum!!!
Now this is not a quick task even if I have everything tidied up and prepped to go.
Our road is dirt and that blows in through the windows as folks go by.
We heat with wood, which is wonderful, but equally messy... Wood bits and fine ash dust all about.
Last and most of the mess...two German Shepherds shedding the greater majority of the year.
I love every minute of this Job! It makes life feel good to know my home is well care for. And that "Guilty Pleasure* has its own kind of reward.
Its Your Turn!!
What is your Guilty Pleasure?
What makes life on the homestead or wherever you are calling home manageable by keeping you sane, yet causes that bit of guilt to creep up along with the pleasure?
I am going to kick start this by tagging a few of you I follow... Share your Guilty Pleasure...Please??
@freedomtowrite
@earthmother
@warpedweaver
@ameliabartlett
@goldendawne
@coyoteom
@trucklife-family
@mountainjewel
No rules... Just Freestlyin'
Tag me so I dont miss it!
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Living, Loving and Dancing her way to Wholeness with the help of a Mountaintop and a Purpose.
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