As a new blogger I’m always trying to come up with ideas for some great content and ways to make my blog better but I’m not a very creative person.  Since I’m very aware of this shortcoming I have been reading a lot of books about blogging. One of the latest ones was “Your First $1K” by Mike Fishbein and in it he says that in order to become a better writer, you just need to write and publish.  You have to make yourself write something and publish it no matter how you feel about the quality of it.  I’m even struggling with writing this post since I don’t really have any advice to offer or anything of value for my readers.   I also struggled with my “about” page, since I find it very hard to talk about myself and to offer any sort of self-promotion.

Since I can’t think of any earth shattering topics with stellar content to provide you, I’m going to explain why I set up my blog and what I hope to offer. I recently shared a few goals that I have for here at home but they didn’t have anything to do with my blog, they were focused on what I want to accomplish on our little urban homestead.

My main goal is to share our experiences and the trials we go through regarding our pursuit of “freedom”.  By freedom, I simply mean being free from debt, free to choose what food we eat and where that food comes from and free to live our lives the way we want, no matter what is going on in the rest of the world by being prepared for whatever disaster my (or may not) strike.  Even though our ideal situation would be to live on a small farm in a rural area, we are “stuck” here in our subdivision for at least the next three years.  I used to think that we had to wait until we moved out to the country to start becoming better prepared and more self-sufficient, but then I realized that it doesn’t matter where you are, it’s best to take some sort of action to reach your goals now instead of waiting.  There is no perfect time.  Even though the three years (approximately) that we have left before I can retire from the U.S. Air Force will fly by, I plan on making the best of it by creating an urban farming wonderland on our small patch of ground here in the subdivision.

Again, my main goal with this blog is to share my experiences so you can learn from them and hopefully not repeat the same mistakes that I make along the way.  I also want to learn from you – I want to hear your experiences and hear how you’ve reached your preparedness or urban homesteading goals.   I hope that subdivision survival can become a very interactive sight with lots of lateral communication.  I think the best gift we can give each other is the sharing of ideas.