In my previous post The Cost of Doing Business: the big question I asked this mind blowingly profound question:

Why do you go to work?

The simple answer that most people will honestly give is:

Put a roof over my head and food on my table!

For those that love what they do for their J - O - B, this post probably won't resonate with you.

You are content with what you are doing and find satisfaction in it.

Good for you.

The only question I have for those in this position is:

What's the cost?

The real cost?

The time you spent on your J-O-B, both in training/education and on the clock is time spent that you can't get back.

Time is a finite resource.

Either you are making the most of it, or you are wasting it.

Either you are spending it on people and things that matter most to you or you are squandering it on the lesser.

The Lesser is not worthy of your time!

For those of you who have counted the costs and realize that your time is being squandered there is a simple solution:

Be BLUER.

Build Legacies Utilizing Earth's Resources.

That's my coined acronym. I thought it was clever and captured what I wanted my life purpose to be about.

It's really all about modern homesteading. Rather Home-IN-Steading, as I like to call it.

Really, there is nothing "modern" about it. Since the dawn of time we humans have been spending our days, surrounded by family and friends, with our hands in the soil and our hearts towards home.

The biggest reasons most people "go to work" are for the very things that home-IN-steading provides.

• You are using the material from your land to put a roof over your head (hopefully debt free)

and

• you are producing your own food to put on the table.

Most importantly, home-IN-steading allows you to spend your precious time with the ones you care most about.

It is true, home-IN-steading is a full time, pretty much all consuming, job.

At times, doing other things that you love to do (such as travel, sports, etc.) must take a back seat to the care of the plants and animals that are dependent on you. The trade offs (opportunity costs), however, are priceless.

Besides, if you have a great family and some really great friends, taking a break from your home-IN-steading is rather easy. There is something to be said for living in community with other like-minded people, but that is another post for another time.

The truth be told, all of life is about counting the costs and choosing the paths that provide the greatest ROI on the things that matter most to you. Although home-IN-steading can at times be all consuming, it provides the greatest needs of humanity in an environment that fosters what matters most to me:

faith, family, food, and fun!

Thanks for reading!