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The Financial Challenges of Homesteading

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Have you ever felt really excited about something, only to have your hopes dashed? We are really excited about our adventures in modern day homesteading, but I have to tell you that it is not easy. I think there are a lot of folks out there with an idealistic view of what modern day homesteading is like. A lot of folks dream of living off the land and being self-sufficient. These are wonderful dreams, but unfortunately to make them happen it takes a lot of money. We’re quickly learning about the financial challenges of homesteading. 

The Financial Challenges of Modern Day Homesteading

You want to start beekeeping? Great! But it will cost you at least $100 for one package of honey bees, at least $100 in other equipment like gloves, suit, smoker, etc. Then you need bee hives and frames which can cost well over $100. Even building your own hives like we did will cost you the expense of your materials.  

You want to raise chickens? Wonderful! But you will need to build or buy a chicken coop. You can buy a brand new one at Murdoch’s in town for $200 or  buy a  used one on Craigslist for $100 or more depending on the quality. Then there is the expense of feeders, waterers, bedding, feed, and don’t forget the chicks themselves! 

You want to grow your own food in a large garden? Excellent! But you will need to fence it in so your dogs, the neighbor dogs, and the deer don’t get in and destroy it. A roll of fencing will cost anywhere from $50-$300 depending on how much you need. Plus there’s the cost of fence posts.  Then once you have it fenced you need to till up the ground somehow since the new garden area is a former pasture and a major weed patch. Rototillers, tractors and plows are expensive, even used on Craigslist. So you either save your pennies and invest or go to the equipment rental store in town and rent one for a day. Either way, it’s expensive. We haven’t even gotten to the part of buying seeds, soil amendments, natural fertilizers or gardening tools! If you live in an area with a short growing season like we do, might as well throw in the expense of a green house, hoop house  or cold frames to extend your growing season. 

These are only a few of the common modern day homesteading projects we’re tackling this spring. And let me tell you, it is overwhelming! After I wrote our Homestead Goals for the New Year  this winter, I felt a bit overwhelmed with that long list of projects. But I figured we had a few months before spring and we could parcel our time and get things done. What I didn’t realize is just how expensive this all would be!

Facing the Financial Challenges

I read an article last year (unfortunately I can’t find it to share with you all) but the gist of it was that modern day homesteading is expensive and only accessible to those with money. At the time I was a bit skeptical since there were a lot of things we  we did at our old, smaller property that were homesteading: gardening, canning/preserving our own food, hunting for wild game, wild harvesting. The difference now is that we are homesteading on a much larger scale than what we were at our old, smaller property.

I admit when we bought our new homestead last summer, we were quite idealistic. We knew there would be a lot of expenses involved seeing as how we bought a bank owned fixer upper. What we didn’t realize was just how expensive all of our plans and dreams would be. A good portion of our savings were poured into fixing up the house just so we could live in it. That left minimal funds to pour into our homesteading projects. 

My husband is a Craigslist junkie and checks it multiple times per day. I sometimes give him a hard time about his Craigslist addiction, but I admit that it does pay off. Sourcing building and homesteading items off Craigslist for a lower cost than brand new at the store is saving us a lot of money. Even still, we don’t have all the money right now to tackle all the projects we want to.

We recently went to a moving sale at a ranch with high hopes of finding a bunch of homestead items we need. We found some fencing but were pretty disappointed they didn’t have the fence posts we needed for our garden. As I was thinking of how we’d squeeze our budget this month and maybe have to go buy brand new fence posts, I heard some loud noises out by my husband’s shop. Alas, our riding mower’s engine blew up so there goes another big expense to get a new one. 

This is another unexpected financial set back for us. It is disheartening. I have so much passion about homesteading and finally living on more land so we can expand our gardens, raise chickens, become beekeepers and eventually get a goat or cow one day. But I feel like a deflated balloon some days. It feels like our homesteading dreams are so far out of reach because of money. 

Working Through the Challenges

When I get really overwhelmed with our lack of progress on our list of homestead projects, I have to step back and tell myself that all these projects don’t have to happen right now. Yes, I would love for that to happen but it is not the end of the world if they don’t. There is always next month, six months from now or a year from now. While I don’t like hearing that, I have learned that I need to let go of my expectations and embrace what we can do now.

We prioritized our projects to help guide us in figuring out where to focus our energies and finances first. Here’s a quick run down of our spring list in order of priority. Some of these projects we already completed, some are in progress, and some we haven’t even touched yet! 

  1. Fence and till/plow the garden area since we need to get our seeds and seedlings in the ground ASAP due to our short growing season.
  2. Build the new greenhouse. 
  3. Finish building bee boxes and purchase the rest of the necessary equipment. 
  4. Finish remodeling the bathroom in the house since we gutted it a few weeks ago. We have family coming to stay with us in a few weeks and need this to be usable. 
  5. Buy a new lawn mower/tractor OR get a goat to keep the grass and pasture on our property trimmed. (I will note that the only problem with getting a goat is that a lot of our fencing was knocked down by the former owner’s horses which means yet another big project of fixing fence that we just don’t have time for right now!)
  6. Plant a few more fruit trees in our orchard.
  7. Fix the irrigation well and install a pressure tank so we can use it to water the orchard and garden. 
  8. Build a chicken tractor and coop. We debated about letting our chickens free range all the time, but in the last week we’ve seen bald eagles, red tailed hawks and several other raptors hunting the fields around our house. We figure it would be best to have a chicken tractor and only let them free range when we’re outside with them. 

So there you have it. My two cents on the financial challenges of homesteading. There are so many more things we want to do that aren’t on that list. But we had to narrow it down to a few priorities that we are focusing our time and energy on right now. We regularly check in about our budget and I get so excited when we have a little extra money to throw towards one of these big projects. I have to keep reminding myself that in due time we will be doing all the homesteading projects we dreamed of. But right now we have to take one small step at a time to fulfill that dream! 

What about you, have you faced any financial challenges to homesteading? How did you cope with this? 

 

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48 Comments

  1. Lots, it’s due to finances that I don’t even own a house and land yet – I rent and am fortunate to have a landlord who was willing to let me build a raised garden bed – and I do crafts to stretch things at home – but I’m no where near self-sufficient status yet. Being single makes it even harder because I have no one to pool resources with.

    1. That’s so wonderful your landlord let you build a garden! We’re all at such different places in our homesteading journey but I think we all need to focus on what we ARE doing instead of what we’re NOT doing. I have to remind myself of this since every little thing helps on the journey. I wish you the best of luck in your homesteading journey!

    1. That’s how I feel lately, just running into one cost after another. It’s so challenging isn’t it? On the flip side, it is comforting to hear we’re not the only ones facing these challenges!

  2. I really appreciate your post. I, too, was shocked at the high price of these projects. After all, I thought I would be saving myself money by doing things for myself. I reframed my thought process though. By considering a lot of these costs are upfront costs and not recurring helped me feel better. I also look at it as an investment that will pay off in the future. I appreciate the want to get everything done RIGHT NOW, but taking a step back and saying we can do it later when money allows.

    Thank you for the thought-provoking post.

    1. Thank you for sharing that Julia! I hadn’t really thought about the fact that a lot of the expenses we are facing are up front costs too. So next year when gardening season rolls around we won’t be facing the same expenses since we’ll already have the infrastructure in place. Good food for thought!

  3. It can be overwhelming when beginning new. My little homestead evolved over time. Each year we expand the garden and add something new. We know that we can’t do all we would like because of money and time, but we do what we can. Nothing is easy, but the feeling of accomplishment is priceless. Thanks for sharing your experiences and linking to Green Thumb Thursday.

    1. Thank you for sharing that Rachel, I never expected to be so overwhelmed with it all. Time is the other thing we are short on these days! We’ve tried to make what we can to save costs but sometimes we just don’t have the TIME to make everything. There really aren’t enough hours in the day!

  4. Even though you are light years ahead of me, I totally get it. I don’t aspire to own a ton of land, but I don’t even live close to where I want yet — I’m still a renter in the city! 🙂 I tell myself to take it one day at a time, do the best I can with what I have, and depend on God for the rest. Easier said than done, sometimes, I know.

    1. That is great advice Stephanie! I’m a bit of perfectionist at times so sometimes it is hard to lower my expectations/goals. I need to tell myself to do the best with what I have more often and let go of such high expectations!

  5. We moved to house with land almost a year ago and I made so many lists of all the things I wanted to do. What I’ve learned in that year is patience. I’ve finally come to accept that I don’t have the time and money to do everything at this moment, even though I really want everything to be done! It will all happen eventually is what I keep telling myself.

    1. Yes, Patience!!!! I’m also learning that one a lot this year. Partly because of our homesteading but also being the parent to a two year old at the same time 🙂

  6. Hey, it sounds like you’re getting an amazing start this year! It is expensive to get everything started, but think how much easier next spring will be! Have you started composting? Your chickens can help with that. You can also save $$ by avoiding tilling all together and using compost, aged manure (do you know a source, maybe someone with horses?), and cardboard. The cardboard smothers the weeds, then layer the straw/compost/hay and plant right in to the top. I did it on small scale when we lived in your zone and it worked great. Any chance a goat can be tethered to a leash? It’s not ideal but could mow your lawn while you get your fencing in order.

    Oh, and I have a friend that raises goats, she was on your women hunting series. I’m sure she’d be happy to talk goats with you if you ever need that type of connection.

    What kind of fence posts are you looking for? I might know of a some available.
    Also, do you have windows for your greenhouse? I might know of some available.

    Can’t wait to see everything in person! It sounds like you are doing great!

    1. That is a great point Melissa- it WILL be so much easier next spring. I have to keep telling myself that since normally spring gardening season is so much fun. This year it has been exhausting and overwhelming. I love the idea of the layered garden with cardboard and straw, I think it is called Lasagna Gardening. Unfortunately our garden is so big that we don’t have the money to buy all the materials like compost and straw to cover 7000 square feet!

      1. Check out backtedenfilm.com. it’s a gardening method similar to what the op is taking about. Many tree services will drop off free weird cos that make an excellent mulch/ natural compost. It also sustains moisture, controls pests and weeds….it’s really quite amazing….and free!

  7. As far as the garden is concerned here we are on year three with a new experiment….the weeds are just too hard for us to handle. Then in Texas dont forget the heat and watering so the additional cost of the water AND dont forget the bugs! We have a huge problem with grasshoppers, and fire ants! The we live on a creek so we have the add bonus of Raccoons who kill chickens, and ransack the gardens. Its always a challenge. We also have a large part of the land that is not cleared. That is an added expense!!! There will forever be a list of the MUST DO, SHOULD DO & WANT TO DO!

    1. Maybe I should start lists like that : Must Do, Should Do and Want to Do. I love it! I’m a list maker so organizing projects that way would be helpful.

  8. I moved to our ranch in 1980…every year I think this is the year it will all be done…NEVER happens…but that’s ok. I love this life and wouldn’t have it any other way. I work outside of the home when I need money for big projects. I have a produce/egg stand in front of the house, I manage our local Farmers Market…and I cook for the local elementary school…just to have the cash for my “projects”. This year I’ve added a new (Craigslist) REAL greenhouse with all the bells and whistles and another 15 trees to my fruit orchard (I started the orchard in 1982). Enjoy the process of starting your homestead it will make you and your family some very fond memories.

    1. Thank you for sharing Lynda! It sounds like you’ve been working hard on your homestead for many years and making many wonderful memories during that time. It puts it into perspective for me to hear from someone doing this MUCH longer than we have that there will always be projects 🙂

  9. Uggghhh…. I’m right there with you. Like my husband says, you have either time or money. It’s a blessed few who have both! But, because we usually have more time than money, we have been forced to do a lot of work ourselves, which has taken quite a few years to accomplish. And we aren’t nearly there yet! My hope is that I can actually live on our future homestead and enjoy gardening and watching my future chickens before I die!!!! I’m no spring chicken. 🙂

    1. We usually have a little more time than money too so often find ourselves making what we can. The challenge is that we have SO many projects we could do by hand but then we run out of time too!

  10. I can totally relate! In my case though, I am approaching my 60th birthday and I’m kind of going through a midlife crisis of sorts. I keep reflecting on the past, and what I should have done. Now I don’t know if we have the time, energy, let alone the finances to do all that is on my heart to do. It can be overwelming, but I am staying focused on God, knowing that He will lead us. Psalm 91:1 He who dwells in the shelter of the most high, will rest upon the shadow of the almighty.

  11. It is amazing the cost of things! But it seems we are all this together! Every project we start, we remind ourselves the initial cost will not have to be repeated next year if we just squeeze enough out of the budget to get it all done. Gardening, chickens and calves all have extras added on you have to plan in the cost. To Alison — we are over 60 and I told my son the other day I am not sure we can do this it was a lot easier at 30! IS 40:31 yet those who wait for The Lord will gain new strength. That is my prayer.

    1. That is a great point- to remind ourselves that a lot of these first year projects and expenses are a one time investment!

  12. Thanks for sharing this post at the Green Thumb Thursday Garden Blog Hop! I will be featuring this post tomorrow. It’s very thought provoking and something I totally “get” because we are experiencing the same money issues.

  13. We are in the same situation! A project list a mile long and funds to maybe get one or two done. It is overwhelming and frustrating. But I keep telling myself, “you eat an elephant one bite at a time”. It makes me realize that I can’t have everything I want right now! A thing or two I’ve learned about goats since getting our four last summer. 1. You can’t have just one, they are pack animals and need the additional company. 2. They don’t eat everything and they are rather particular about what they will eat. There are areas in our yard that are nice and short and other areas that we simply have to mow because it isn’t their kind of thing to eat. What they will eat…is anything you don’t want them to: leaves & bark off of young apple and peach trees, the small garden area when they have the rest of the 1 1/2 acre, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I love my goats. They are funny and sweet and a significant part of our homestead. I highly recommend them for any homestead. Just wanted to let you know your goat may not be the lawn mower you need.

    1. Thank you for the info about the goats! My brother told me a story about getting some and they didn’t have proper fencing and it turned into a huge fiasco with the animals getting out and running all over the county. I definitely don’t think we’re ready for them now but maybe someday!

  14. First off, howdy almost-neighbor! I’m in Eastern WA, 5 minutes from the North Idaho panhandle. I’m so glad to see others of my age doing this! I’m 56, a single mom (still one teen in the house), and have an acre on the edge of a sort-of suburban area. The area used to be all agriculture, mostly orchards. Now, it’s suburbia for the most part, with still some little farms mixed in. We can have livestock, although no swine or roosters. I’ve lived on this property 15 years now, always dreaming of getting further out probably into north Idaho. Well.. I finally decided I just need to do with what I have! So, I’ve been gardening, have added to my 2-chicken flock and now have 10. I also raised some Khaki Campbell ducklings this spring, and have 6 of those! So my little poultry farm is growing.

    I’ve found poultry to be the most economical of livestock, with the quickest pay-back. I agree with the expense of everything. Add a third $$ to whatever it is you’re thinking of doing/buying, and that will be about right. Luckily, this place already had a fantastic chicken coop on it with power! Yay! But with being a single mom, now being self-employed, mortgage, taxes, yada da. You know the drill, we are living on a shoestring around here. I’m a Craigslist junkie, too, and have found great things for free or nearly on there as far as animals, equipment, building materials, even household stuff. Anyway, I digress….

    Thanks for such a great, organized blog! So glad I found it. Best wishes!

    1. Thank you for stopping by! We are practically neighbors, out here in the west a few hours away really isn’t that far 🙂 It sounds like you’re making some wonderful progress on your homestead. I love the idea to make do with what you have. This isn’t my dream property but we bought it because it was an amazing price that we could afford, We’re working hard to turn it into a dream property though!

  15. I found that I don’t have to do everything myself. I decided it was not wise for us to have bee hives as my husband is very allergic to bees. That doesn’t mean we have to go without honey it just means we purchase our honey from locals that have their own hives. Honey keeps very well-never goes bad so I can purchase a lot when they have excess honey. In the long run, this a much cheaper way for us to supply ourselves with local honey. It is fun to network and trade. I may trade apples for honey or supply feed for cattle and get a couple packages of steak in exchange. I don’t think it is realistic to think one family can or should produce most or all their needs. I think we have to work together and each one focus on your area of expertise.
    I hope this helps some.
    Take Care,
    Kim

    1. That’s a great idea to network and trade with other folks in the community! Once our garden starts producing I’m hoping to have some produce i can use to barter and trade with some other folks around here.

  16. It can be overwhelming to look at your list of to-do’s and realize you just don’t have the funds RIGHT now! But if you read stories like the Little House books… look how long it took them to build a new homestead every time they moved. They spent long winters truly just surviving so they could save for just a few things like a plow and seed. Patience IS being a homesteader! And being a homesteader also means finding community and helping each other in that community. Find someone local to share a seed or chicken order with you, share perennial plants, trade skills for no cash cost. It takes creativity and sometimes a lot of waiting. Enjoy what you can accomplish now 🙂 In 5 years you can look back and say ‘Wow! Look how far we have come!’.

    1. Great point, I actually LOVED the Little House Books. Those books are what really inspired me to want to move out west and do what we’re doing now. I think going into this I thought we would be able to do more than what we’ve been able to accomplish so far and that does take A LOT of patience. Even if I look back to what we did over the last year we can celebrate a lot that we have accomplished!

    1. No not at all Jackie! I think single mom’s have a whole different set of challenges. Have you ever done an internet search for something like that? Maybe you should start something!

  17. Ok so things are a little tough right now. Well guess what? Our country is going downhill even more every day so instead of feeling sorry for ourselves I have taken control of some of the costs.
    1) we go to the dump and retrieve wood from the wood pile for free for all of our projects. Free material= inexpensive chicken coops, beehives, etc.
    2) we made our fence posts out of small trees off our land. Go cut some straight trees down and you have free fence posts.
    3) homesteading means being creative and inventing tools and projects that make your life easier. We build shelves, cabinets, tables out of pallets and other misc items we find
    4) there are so many people out there that have tried projects and have failed. Watch Facebook, Craigslist, and local papers for cheap supplies. I got all my beekeeping equipment and hives for free because some old timers didn’t want to see the items go unused
    5) be patient. We all get discouraged but instead of throwing a pity party I am thankful that I know and have as much as I do because if I hadn’t gotten this far, I might just be flat broke and completely discouraged because I wasn’t able,to afford much. I save hundreds each year Bc I make my own bread, laundry detergents, soap, shampoo, cleaners, reusable dishcloths, lotions, sunburn cream, teas, candles and much much more. Those of us that have the gift of doing and making for ourselves are truly blessed!
    6) I will pray that you will be blessed with abundance in your upcoming years and have the money and know how to achieve all that you are hoping for!

  18. I have been on my homesteading journey for 40 years. Made progress every year. Learned every year. Have been on 4 acres for 20 plus years and at 58 myself and my husband are moving to 20 plus acres with nothing but nature on it and starting all over again. Homesteading is a major paradigm shift from a modern lifestyle. If you were born and raised into a homesteading lifestyle it would not be so overwhelming or such a major investment all at once. But when you step from work at a job all the time and buy all your needs with a paycheck into work all the time to provide you needs and there is no pay check then there is a big adaption. Mind set has to change and mind has to slow down and realize homesteading moves at a different pace. No instant gratification here. Homesteading is about becoming self reliant and providing your own needs. You have yo purchase tools and materials and you have to acquire new skills , both take time. It is not a buy the land, buy a bunch of stuff, get over whelmed and discouraged and pack up and go home. Homesteading is a journey. Not a destination. We are still acquiring tools and materials and we are still learning new skills.

  19. We bought a ‘fixer-upper’ country home 3 months ago with the idea of homesteading on it, but it quickly became a ‘money pit’. The renovations just to get the inside of the home up to scratch have consumed all our nights and weekends, and all of our savings (e.g. mold problems, insulation problems, wiring problems, plumbing problems, septic problems, heating problems etc. etc. etc.) [Home inspectors suck]. We still have to get the property cleaned up (many downed trees from a hurricane a decade ago). Starting a garden and starting to use the chicken coop and pig pen will have to wait at least another year.

    As for the costs, I’ve talked to several friends who are farmers and they’ve made it quite clear that you can’t raise chickens for meat or eggs, or any other animal, or grow your own vegetables for the same cost, never mind less cost, than buying them in a grocery store. The point of doing this is not to save money but to be able to feed yourself when the collapse comes and there are no grocery stores.

    1. Lucky! Downed trees! I’d bet they’re *great* for hugelkultur. Just get to bury ’em and then plant on the hills! 🙂 So far I did similar with some half-rotten wood from a previous owner’s bad stacking job and the plants LOVE it.

  20. I’ve enjoyed reading all these comments… We are moving in 2 weeks to the 20 acre farm where I grew up. I already have a longgg list of things I “need” to do… Plant fruit trees & garden, build chicken coops, get chickens, goats, cows, etc. It’s good to hear all of yall’s perspectives and be reminded to slow down and take it one step at a time. Thanks!

  21. Oh I completely understand! We’re a family of 6, soon to be 7, living on one humble income. Two years ago when we were finally financially ready to purchase a home, we couldn’t find anything within our budget with more than 1/2 an acre. I shouldn’t have been surprised considering I live in the state with some of the highest property taxes in the country! But I felt like my parade was being rained on. God did provide us with what we needed, though. The home we ended up buying isn’t a homestead and it’s not out in the boonies, but we do what we can with what we have. We can have a good sized garden, and I’m thankful for that! Some day I hope we can have a homestead in the country with acreage, but for now, we bloom where we He planted us.

  22. so true.

    a silage type tarp can help in the garden, burning out the grass and weeds so you don’t have to till there.

    with some projects you can look at cost-share programs, through the forestry service for example. county extension agents can be a big help in letting you know if you qualify for one of those.

    i believe, even though it is not most people’s ideals, a homestead should have a business. you will always need the money for something, and in our case hubby works outside the home to make the money happen for projects… but if you design a small business into your plan, it will help keep the wolf from the door and the husband on the farm where he belongs 🙂

    selling eggs, raising animals for profit, skill based work like cutting hair–you need to have an income source and make your projects pay for themselves, especially in the early years!

  23. I realize you wrote this nearly two years ago, but I still have to comment! My husband and I are in the same situation right now. We bought an amazing property this past fall, but it needs SO much work! Our move was unexpected, and we were only able to make the move because God wanted it for us…believe me, it was not in the cards! Anyway, we have 4 children, and I am expecting another tomorrow, so this whole time has been…difficult. And a major challenge in terms of budgeting. We have “enough” money. We aren’t going into more debt, we are paying it off, and we have been slowly saving, or investing the money we do have so that some day we can be full-time homesteaders. We have been well aware that everything costs more than you’d think, and so we over estimate, and it still hasn’t been enough. The house was dirt and gross, really in need of a cleaning, so we nt to pressure wash the front of the house with the pressure washer my f-i-l gave us…well, the hose was $50. That was $50 we did NOT have budgeted 🙁 But the house really needed the proper cleaning, because it isn’t good for the wood siding and it attracts bugs, so we had to buy it. Plus, we lived in the city before (after growing up as country kids) and got used to fast food and snacks from the gas station. We were okay with not being able to do those things at the drop of a hat, but going cold turkey was hard…especially on the days I didn’t feel so good and couldn’t make dinner. I grew up in an unfinished house, and this place was very dirt when we moved in, so getting it comfy, clean and pretty was very important to me. Knowing that we will be spending so much time outside with the nice weather, I want the house to be functional, clean and relaxing when we come in for the day, not like a weight on my shoulders…plus it really allows me to be able to focus on all of the outdoor projects that should get tackled. We had high hopes of selling our old house at a good price, we had done so much work on it, and yes it still needed more work,but we were reasonable and realistic…it sold for $26,000 less than the first offer we received (which fell through). So instead of coming out ahead and having some money to do important things like insulating the house, we now owe my in-laws about $10,000. That hurts, a lot! And with our tax returns, we had to pay off debt from the move and set aside money for the upcoming medical bills from the birth of this baby. Phew! We are hoping to plant a few fruit trees, we have to tear down our barn for safety reasons, the garden needs major upkeep, and we (I) still want to beautify the house on the outside…at least the front yard (I grew up in a house that had shiny insulation on the outside, and just want something pretty). The previous owners were homesteading to some extent, but they had scaled back a lot in the past coupke of years because of health issues, and a lot of stuff got overgrown and run-down. Plus, did I mention the new baby coming any day now? 😉 Needless to say, we have a lot going on, and sadly we know we won’t be able to do it all. There is a lot that is going to take a year or more to get to. If money weren’t an issue, we could get a lot more done, but we also homeschool, so our time is definitely restricted in some ways…and my husband holds a full-time job. I’m excited, but almost nervous for what this year will hold!

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