Hi it's Jamie from Guildbrook Farm and welcome to The Dirt. Today I want to talk
a little bit about homesteading and vacations and why I don't want one. So
think of The Dirt as a "getting to know you" session, and today I
want to talk a little bit about homesteading and vacations, and just kind
of discuss with you guys the thoughts behind why I don't want a vacation. So a
couple weeks ago I was talking to a girl who was interested in getting into
chickens and we were just talking about their care and different breeds and so
on and so forth and she said so what do you do when you go on vacation? And I
said I don't. And she said "Don't you ever want to go on vacation? What are
you going to do with all your animals?" I said, "I have no desire to go on
vacation." And she was just completely baffled by that and of course I went on
to tell her how she could hire someone to watch the chickens, that they are
pretty easy to take care of, but it just kind of got me thinking. I was so solid
in my answer and so instantaneous in my answer that it kind of got me thinking
about vacations in general, and of course I had to do a little research on it.
I was just curious as to the history of vacations in general and it seems like,
at least vacations as we know them today, are really a fairly
new concept within like the past century or so. People really didn't take
vacations prior to the mid-1800s really. Now there are people that say that
vacations started around the Roman era when soldiers would would come back home
and they would take two years off. Some people say during the Renaissance era
when you have merchants traveling from town to town or you have kings and
queens visiting the different towns in their realms, that that was considered a
vacation. You also have the Tudor era where you have people traveling from place to
place trying to find land to settle in. That's really not what I would consider
a vacation. At least not how we know it today. It really wasn't until after the
Tudor era that you see people in Europe that were taking more of what we know of
as a vacation today and it was basically for the elite only. So for the
upper-class people who would actually leave their
homes and vacate to a country home for some relaxation or reprieve or parties.
And as far as in the United States vacations really didn't get started until
around 1869. Apparently there was a preacher from Boston and he published a
book saying how wonderful the Adirondacks were and how it would be a nice
place just to kind of get away from your city life and to relax, and that kind of
started vacations in America. Now apparently the Puritans didn't like that
so much so they came up with their own version of what a vacation was and that
kind of started retreats. I guess some of the original retreats being in Martha's
Vineyard off Boston, and then after that they just kind of transitioned into
basically a way of getting away from the rat race. So you look at the origin of
the word vacation, which is vacate, and it means to occupy or to leave, and it's
people who are trying to get away from their everyday life. People who are
trying to escape their everyday life and get a break. Whether it be for a
physical break or a mental break or a spiritual break. And I would say that up
until I started homesteading, my whole life revolved around vacation. I worked
super hard all year long to save up money for a vacation so that I could travel or
take my kids to Disneyworld. So that I could go to the islands for a
week. So that I could go scuba diving or skydiving or do some adventurous thing
to just kind of get me away from the life that I was living.
Basically to sum it all up, vacations were my way of one spending time with
my family because I wasn't spending enough time with them at home, and two to
escape a life that I wasn't very happy with. So I guess when you think of
it that way, vacations kind of are almost kind of sad in a sense,
because it's kind of an indicator that people aren't really happy with the life
that they're living, and so when I gave that answer to that girl and I said "I
have no desire to go on vacation", and I started thinking about like why don't I
have a desire to go on vacation, because I was like the queen of vacations. I mean
my most recent vacation was to Nepal where I mean that was like the ultimate
vacation, earthquake and everything. If you guys haven't seen that one I'm going to
link to that. But I don't have any desire to do it anymore and I have to honestly
say that the reason I don't have any interest in vacationing is because I am
completely and totally 100% content with the life that I'm living right here. I'm
not stressed out about it. I'm not stressed out about having to wake up on Monday
mornings. Oh my god I hated Monday mornings. I'm not worried about clocking
in and clocking out at a certain time. I'm not worried about missing out on any
events with my kids. I'm not worried about how much time I'm spending with my
family because I'm able to do all that. And for me, that is the ultimate in
fulfillment. I don't need to vacate that life. I don't need to go seek
entertainment elsewhere. God knows these creatures are
entertainment enough for sure and keep me busy enough as far as
excitement and coming up with solutions to problems that that we're facing
around here. So I'm not saying anything against people who want to take
vacations. I absolutely understand it. I completely get it. I'm just saying that
for me I don't really need it. Now some of you guys are going to wonder, "What
about Jeremy? What about the kids?" Well, the kids take a lot of vacations.
Ilaria just came back from a vacation with one of her girlfriends and both the
girls are off vacationing in Virginia with their dad right now. And as far as
Jeremy, if he wants to take a vacation he will. He'll just go wherever he wants to
go, usually to his favorite place in the islands. But as for me, I don't need a
vacation and I don't want a vacation, and from a financial standpoint at this
point in my life, I can see where vacations are just not worth the money.
I can see where vacations are just not
worth the money. If there is someone that is stressed out and they need
relaxation or they need a change of pace, I would rather invest the several
hundred dollars or thousand dollars that I would spend on a vacation into
something that would entertain them long term around here. So let's just say for
example, a four wheeler. That's something that would most definitely entertain
Jeremy and the kids and even myself, and it would be a useful tool around the
homestead. So rather than going and buying plane tickets and food and all that
kind of stuff for one week-long vacation that honestly most people that come home
from vacations need a vacation from their vacation, because they're so
stressed out from running around and doing everything at such a hard and
heavy pace that they come back all frazzled from their vacation. So rather
than spending several thousand dollars on something like that, I'd rather invest
it into something here that everyone would enjoy more long term. So I'd like
to hear from you guys. Do you guys feel like you guys need vacations? When you go
on vacation do you feel like you need a vacation from your vacation? Do you feel
like you're all stressed out running around trying to cram so much stuff in
to like a one or two week vacation that you come home and you're all frazzled
from your vacation? Do you guys feel like maybe vacations are just an indicator
that you need a change of pace in your regular everyday life? I'd love to hear
from you guys. Leave your comments and questions down below, and if you like
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So when you think of it that way... Temmie... Seriously? You can't drink my tea.
Really? Bless you... *sigh Chickens.
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