Homesteading and permaculture challenges 😩

Life as a homesteader is awesome and rewarding and I wouldn’t want to live any other way.
But let’s have an honest conversation about the biggest homesteading challenges each of us face since we chose to live this lifestyle.

I’m not gonna lie... most days are a mix bag of blissful moments, busy moments, "why the heck have I ever chose homesteading" moments and all the other moments in between...

For me - the biggest 3 challenges (from the most difficult to the least):

Water shortage (especially since I don't want to compromise on the biodiversity I wish to grow).

No permaculture-minded people anywhere near me - to work together and support each other.

Sometimes there's just not enough hours in a day to accomplish everything I set out to do (although this also has to do with managing my expectations and planning better).

Nothing beats the feeling at the end of a long, sweaty, frustrating day of hard work, when I sit in front of the fire pit, gaze at the sunset, look at my fruit trees and think... "I did this. This is mine."

So, although I'm sure that for most of us, homesteading is totally worth it...
I would love to hear from you about your biggest challenges...

Maybe we can help each other deal with some of those challenges, and maybe it's just enough…
… not to feel alone with our own challenges...

Great post! I love that sense of accomplishment and home too.

Struggles for me:
Every project takes longer than I thought it would or should. The first time is especially inefficient as I discover that I'm missing a tool I need, go and get it, start again, realize I forgot my safety glasses and have to go get them, start again, discover the tool I thought would work doesn't, go get alternate tools, etc...

Projects rarely turn out as great for me as people on the internet said they would. There are some exceptions but I rarely have glowing success without at least some rework.

I discover that an activity that I do at most once a year would have been perfect for a BB but I just completed it, using all available supplies and although I took some pictures, I'm missing a key one to qualify.

Arthritis is making it difficult for me to use my right hand and wrist. I plowed the road this morning and just driving the tractor caused me pain.

Sonja Draven wrote:I discover that an activity that I do at most once a year would have been perfect for a BB but I just completed it, using all available supplies and although I took some pictures, I'm missing a key one to qualify.

That’s a good point, Sonja…
Any idea how to “overcome” this challenge?