Homesteading — is it the good life?
In 2018 Gary Dickenson and his family moved to Latvia to his wife’s family’s smallholding and decided to make a go of it, living ‘the good life’ working towards self sufficiency.
Almost overnight it required a completely different skillset and mindset but somehow it worked, swapping a desk for a table saw, a pen for a spade.
Find out how the family survived a change of country, language, pace and culture.
If you want to get a taste of what Gary and his family are doing then check out their YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/BalticHomesteaders
Follow Gary on Twitter https://twitter.com/GaryDickenson
Here are Gary’s eight tips for living somewhere, nowhere:
1. Learn how to learn everything from YouTube
2. Apply the wisdom filter — always ask “why?” before doing anything.
3. Learn to live on Apollo13 — re-learn to be reactive.
4. Change your heart AND your mind.
5. Become part of the barter economy.
6. Build trust — you need your neighbours.
7. Do crazy stuff — even when it doesn’t get through the wisdon filter.
8. Share your wisdom.
If you’d like to share your talent, passion or fun topic, get in touch with Ann Hawkins
Topics people have shared in this fun version of the iconic TED Talks:
Rust, being hilarious, ethical non-monogamy, puppets, the Middle East, YouTubers, synaesthesia, street art, recycling, Japanese loos, Makaton, the hero’s journey, homesteading, hacking, men with beards, neurodivergence, dying well, magic, music, cartooning, writing novels, failing at being a rock star, being a legal alien, unnecessary puntuation and how to use humour in storytelling.
