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My big goal this year is to prepare the house for NativeJR. Which is going to be pretty ambitious as MRS. Native wants to put in completely new floors which is going to be a massive job.

I also want to get about 50 quail, so will need to build them a completely new pen and set up fortunately that shouldn’t be too difficult I don’t think.

I would also like to grow bunnies and that will be a lot of work because you have to make several pens to separate the men and the women and the babies since rabbits are pretty violet and will kill the babies if you aren’t careful.

I’m hoping for a great harvest on garlic (which I already planted) and hoping my three rhubarb plants will take off this year.

Basically home renovations is the big thing. I cut down my booze a lot and it’s basically just once a month now and I’m hoping to cut it back to just special events this coming year.

I also want to focus on cutting down my debt, it jumped up quite a bit and my household is now just a one income family so we have to be more careful with money. Though if the rabbits and quail take off this year, that should really save a lot of money on meat.

The food isn’t that expensive for them. Tell you what though, gardening is $$$ buying good soil is NOT cheap.

What is everyone else looking forward to?

My big goal this year is to prepare the house for NativeJR. Which is going to be pretty ambitious as MRS. Native wants to put in completely new floors which is going to be a massive job. I also want to get about 50 quail, so will need to build them a completely new pen and set up fortunately that shouldn’t be too difficult I don’t think. I would also like to grow bunnies and that will be a lot of work because you have to make several pens to separate the men and the women and the babies since rabbits are pretty violet and will kill the babies if you aren’t careful. I’m hoping for a great harvest on garlic (which I already planted) and hoping my three rhubarb plants will take off this year. Basically home renovations is the big thing. I cut down my booze a lot and it’s basically just once a month now and I’m hoping to cut it back to just special events this coming year. I also want to focus on cutting down my debt, it jumped up quite a bit and my household is now just a one income family so we have to be more careful with money. Though if the rabbits and quail take off this year, that should really save a lot of money on meat. The food isn’t that expensive for them. Tell you what though, gardening is $$$ buying good soil is NOT cheap. What is everyone else looking forward to?

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Started canning last year. I want to ramp that up like crazy. I want to start milling and storing grain for long-term next year and get a few deer in the freezer. Trying to get away from grocery stores (and other shopping) as much as possible.

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check out drying too, fermenting is another good method for preservation, making your own wine is also really easy too

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Good idea. I've been meaning to get a dehydrator. I've made beer before so I probably have nearly all the equipment but I found bottling to be a huge pain and would only do it again if I were kegging it. Where do you get your grapes?

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you dont need grapes, you can make wine out of anything really, iv made some from the strawberries and black berries from the garden and also a load of other random stuff from the supermarket, you could also grow your own grapes if you have the climate and space, i did attempt it but the plant was having none of it

bottling wine is pretty easy too, you dont need to worry about pressurising it, just siphon it in to the bottle from the demijohn then cork it

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That’s a great resolution! What did you can? I did a bunch myself, blueberry jam, strawberry rhubarb, peach pear, pickled asparagus and carrots.

I got a pressure canner for Christmas so I’m hoping on doing fish this summer as well.

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Lots of tomato sauce, tomato soup, green beans, corn, mexican pickled carrots and peppers, lots of pickles. I didn't try any meat, fish, or pasta sauce. I think next year I want to focus on more instant meals like canned soup.

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Any tips on pickles? I want to make some myself but it seems like most home canners make the pickles too soft and not crunchy.

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love people more

Oh, and eat more apples

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Love all people or just some people? Also as a question, is it our job to love people or is it Gods job?

Case in point the bible says we are to love good and hate evil.

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you are also to love your enemies btw

but i wont share my apple with them

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Loving your enemy was a mistranslation. That is not what we are told to do.

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To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their non-binary faggot partners.

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The misses and I want to add another white child to the world this year, thats our big goal, everything else is pretty superfluous. I don’t drink much, so I’m gonna try cut out sugar in January.

Thanks for posting, glad you’re on Poal.

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Thank you!

Fantastic goal and the effort is fun! As for cutting sugar, part of the issue for many is balancing the gut bacteria. Look into “Kambucha” as an alternative to fizzy drinks and sodas.

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Thanks, I don’t drink fizzy drinks or beer. Nothing fizzy at all, but I do like my tea. Five or six cups of tea and coffee, well the sugar adds up. It’s the little bad habits that are the hardest to shake :)

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No vax shot!
Not wear masks in public.
Travel out of the country.
Red pill at least 4 people
Have at least ten people make a snide remark about me not wearing a mask.
Build two ESP32 projects

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I went and got a doctors note about not wearing a mask and it still doesn’t work in half the places

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Not make gay resolutions you wont attempt to complete

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Hey native Good to see you free

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Ha free to shit on da streets once again! There are no streets crossing the border just SAND! So I had to hold the poo in till I reached the magestic streets of Shitfrancisco

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I did actually read your post as well. You basic grasp of English is much improved kimosabe. Lol looks like your doing great good luck with all these new ventures.

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Punch in Khazar beaks on the streets

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No you wont

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I have no concrete goals for the coming year, nor will I make any resolutions. 2019 was the year I got my shit in order, and I was enthusiastically anticipating 2020, certain I would continue this growth. You can guess why I'm somewhat reluctant this time around. At least I managed to keep my head above water, and not fall back into old habits. There was little to no growth, though no stagnation either. So, if I have any goal for 2021, it would be to again keep my head above water, and try to continue personal growth.

Happy New Year's everyone, it's really nice seeing some of you have made it here.

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May I ask why you felt there was stagnation?

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I wrote that there wasn't any stagnation, which I'm thankful for. Though, to be honest, standing still kind of felt like moving backwards, if that makes any sense.

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My apologies must have misread that.

And yes that makes sense, I’ve been there with student loans in the beginning. It felt like I wasn’t making any progress on the loans even though I would a ton every month for years

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Great to hear about all your life progress, man. Quail sounds amazing. They sound so much quieter and easier to raise than chickens.

I'm looking to get into crawdad trapping this year. I haven't had much luck with fishing (angling) yet, probably due to not putting enough time in to master it. Crawdad trapping looks easy, and can be done from almost any inland river.

I had to stop and think about that I want to accomplish this year. Last year was a huge success with getting married and landing new jobs. I've also identified an area in the countryside that I want to move to long term. Its mostly white, conservative, and has cheap land. While I have no regrets about buying my starter home, I don't have a backyard I can garden on and would like to change that. Plus I need to get away from this liberal city that keeps begging for calamity.

Hold on to that new job

I've landed a good new job that pays welll and doesn't seem to stressful. They're letting me work from home permanently. I need to hold on to that, and not let my resume start to look bad from too much job hopping. Plus I need to further build a reputation as a successful remote worker, so I can live anywhere.

Personal Finance

My long term goal is early retirement, I'll need to keep actively working on it every year for it to happen. There are a few things I'm setting as goals for this:

-Read one personal finance book. This has been sort of an afterthought in my mind to read on finance book per year, but it hasn't been happening consistently since I didn't formally set it as a goal. I just ordered my copy of The Millionaire Next Door.

-Get my wife set up with an appropriate investment account. This will help her contribute towards our shared retirement. (And protect my assets if things go wrong)

-Refinance the home if it makes sense to do so.

Take a proper vacation

I had a "covid wedding" and didn't take a proper honeymoon after. Need to take care of that before too much time slips by.

Continue studies

Spiritual, career/finance and classic TRP material. They were right when they said that getting married makes it harder to keep frame, so I gotta keep the saw sharp!

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Crawdad trapping looks easy

This is exactly the way to go! Don't follow the trends, obviously not as many are crawfish trapping so you can easily corner that market. It's the same concept I have with the quail, very few people raise them, so I can corner that little world and figure out the kinks and maybe a small profit or at minimum make myself sustainable.

I've landed a good new job that pays welll and doesn't seem to stressful.

The less stressful part is important, I've turned down a handful of job offers/promotions in the last few years because I didn't want the stress. When I finally accepted a new position here comes the stress and it's turned a fun job into a chore. That's life.

Refinance the home if it makes sense to do so

One piece of advice I can give you on this, mortgage rates have never been lower and they will start creeping back up this year. So if you have the opportunity to get a lower fixed interest, do it sooner than later.

It sounds like you have a wonderful year! Are you and the wife looking to start a family for this year? It's never to early to try ;-)

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You have a good point about the interest rates!

Thanks. Family life is not for me. I don't think I can handle the all the work and stress. I just want to escape working for the man and chill.

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Family life not for you? You may not realize what you craved till you do it.

Men are built to adapt to difficulties. You’ll be fine, you simply underestimate your capability

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I made a comment the other day about my quail. Do it, get some quail. What kind are you looking at?

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I already have two Japanese hens and want to keep them Japanese but the problem is that there aren’t any pure Breds around my parts and it’s difficult to mail eggs where I live so I may just have to get Courtonix and make muts.

I love my hens though. Quail are the most underrated bird. People who buy chickens instead are making a mistake

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I say the same thing about quail being underrated. I didn't realize you've got a couple now, so you'll be fine.

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I wanted to get a couple just to test out the waters and I absolutely love them!

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