I have flirted with the idea of homesteading, but I always felt a hybrid approach would be a better way of doing things. You are on HN, so I assume you have som

I have flirted with the idea of homesteading, but I always felt a hybrid approach would be a better way of doing things. You are on HN, so I assume you have some kind of tech knowledge. Perhaps it's too late for you, but this is my plan, and maybe this will give you some ideas is - Continue working my regular job remotely (money stability, not going all in, can use money to deal with problems on the homestead side) - Plant fruit trees (low maintenance, high yield once they are established | fruit/lemons) - Have chickens and maybe rabbits (low maintenance, have to feed them and that's mostly it | eggs/meat) - Bees (low maintenance | honey) - Plant a garden during spring with things I like In essence I think that going full time self-sufficient farmer is a cool sounding idea, but that's not what I want to be dedicating my time on. I rather be less dependent on others, but knowing that I won't be mining for iron to make my own tools. So my suggestion would be, pull back a bit, it's obvious you are not enjoying it. Find a job you like that is remote. Remove high maintenance things, focus on low maintenance or enjoyable homesteading things. Then you can add something "harder" once you are used to the current workload. Or make enough money to hire someone to do the things you hate...