Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Join me for the December first Tuesday chat with John Willis and Jack Spirko.

Today, I am joined by the Tactical Redneck to talk about Holler Thanksgiving, the stubbornest Ewe and more!

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Today, I will share what a day looked like for me at the beginning of this podcast compared with a day now, after just about 1000 episodes. We will also cover all our usual segments.

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Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Holler Neighbor Potroast
• Pantry Challenge Update
• Seed Sorting Project
• Working 1 hour at a time for the win

Weekly Shopping Report: None today

Frugality Tip: None today

• Community Note: Follow Kiri's Youtube channel, Thunder Hill Farms: https://www.youtube.com/@ThunderHillFarm38 

Operation Independence

• Relationships are important and not in order to get what you want. 
• Basecamp is rented because of relationships
• Pasture adjustments and new bnbs coming to the Holler

Main topic of the Show: 

May 20, 2016, Living Free in Tennessee had its first episode - https://traffic.libsyn.com/nicolesauce/NicoleSauce_Podcast_May_20_2016_-_52016_6.52_PM.mp3

…what started as a desperate need to release creative energy because my job was suffocating has become a community of doers, my source of inspiration, and something that is achieving what I tried for 14 years to do in the free market public policy realm.

And it all started with that one, poorly executed episode. A single decision. A ton of feedback from yall. And encouragement when things got tennous.

Episode 1000 is tomorrow and I am excited to share it with Jack Spirko fo the Survival Podcast and John Willis of Special Operations Equipment.

But today, I'd like to share with you what my life was like in May of 2016.

• I was founder and president of a half million to  million dollar nonprofit with a mission to equip free market economists in the public policy world with better story telling skills and marketing departments (TALK ABOUT NICHE)
• I had been homesteading for 9 years and was selling my extra vegetables and craft roasted coffee at the farmers market on saturdays
• I flew for work so much that I had earned a companion pass on Southwest - look that up
• I had 1 rental property in Nashville
• I was deeply unhappy, finding myself in a role where my time was not my own, my primary job was to raise money so that I could pay people to train other people who were not as good of trainers as I was. I was also HR manager, and operations vp, and cfo in function which meant …. Paperwork. Lots and lots of paperwork.
• After a trip, you could not get me out of the soil if you tried
• I drank too much

A typical day on the homestead started early with some work outside and a cup of coffee. I would then transition into computer work and meetings, frantically tossing in a load of laundry or pulling something out of the freezer for dinner as I went. If there was a crisis, I was able to flew, but then would be looking at a late night of catch up for work. There were no days off. Not ever. The role I was in required that I be constantly available to respond to emails and text messages. It was so bad then when I started turning off my phone from 7-9pm on Mondays, one of the people who interacted with me actually had the gall to explain that because she was on the west coast and her day was not yet done, it was unreasonable for me to not be available from 7-9pm. And she was supported in this from the people who were responsible for about half to ¾ of my budget.

The segment operation independence? That stemmed from this situation. Because my area of Focus from my personal life strategic plan was to "Have enough local, ongoing revenue to support my life." It has been adjusted to regenerative ongoing revenue nine years later, but you get the point. I was solving for being too dependent on one source of income so that I could NOT say no even though I was running my own organization.

I became soured on the whole nonprofit world as well as the public policy one because I saw the inherent flaw in trying to fix the system from within the system and over the next few years became convinced that the only way for freedom to grow was through individual action. Starting with myself.

In 2017 - I broke out of the system. A typical day was to work for the nonprofit, unpaid so that the people there could use me for creating value so that they could continue it on. They failed at that. A sign the nonprofit should never have existed really.

The day:
1) Work frenetically on the Center Hill Sun

2) Sell a few coffee orders

3) Weekly podcast

4) More time for homesteading

5) Contract work for corporate facilitations

>>>>Tell the rest of the story

Make it a great week!

GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. 

Community

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Resources

• Membership Sign Up

• Holler Roast Coffee

• Harvest Right Affiliate Link

What do you put in your content plan? We will talk about that today. Also, we will hear from Shawn from Hack My Solar as he reviews his first power bill after changing jobs and moving to a house that is on the grid. And finally, in one of those things that happens where y'all are thinking the same thing at the same time, I will give thoughts on how to get your own podcast going. Nice that the question on that came in the same week as we are discussing content creation, right?

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Will be opening workshop registration February 9 at 9am Central to members first!

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Dehydrated mushrooms and how to use them
• Cushaw squash update – last serving is in the fridge
• Trying a new shopping method

Stump the Sauce

• Cooking a Deer Heart (with David from Cider Hollow Farm)
• Plant garlic question

Tales from the Booze Whisperer

• Cider Hollow got this segment from the booze Whisperer

Operation Independence

• The grocery game and downsizing stuff

Content Planning, Energy Use and More

What is a content plan and why would you need one? Promoting an idea, project or product takes communication. If people don't hear about what you are up to, they won't "buy in." And by "Buy in" I mean not only purchase something, but also things like download your podcast, read your blog post, spread the word about you, etc. If they do not know you or your product or service exist, things stagnate.

So, after you have set your marketing goals, know who you want to target and have an idea about the big picture message of a project, know where these folks are and what they are interested in, you need a content plan. This is even more important if the product you sell is CONTENT.

• What is a content plan?
• What do you need to make one?
• Then what do you do next?

Listener Question (Victoria):
How to start a podcast on the cheap.
1. Use a podcast host like Libsyn but link to your own blog page not theirs

2. Equipment: Built in mic to see if you like it

• Podcasting mic I have not used with good reviews $57: https://amzn.to/2CVKMGX
• What I did: Scarlett Solo Box $119: https://amzn.to/2HcsiGD
• What I wish I had done for $40 more $159: https://amzn.to/2VBfGvG
• Mic: Rhode NT1a: https://amzn.to/2VyMjtY

3. Editing software: Garage Band

4. Use Auphonic to compress the crap out of the file

5. Just get going!

Make it a great week.

Song: Suicide, by Sauce

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up
• LFTN Coffee Break Group

Today, I kick off a new daily show concept: Thought of the Walk. You see, going for a walk clears your head and often allows you to see things that you once thought were complex into a simpler light. So tune in today for my first "Thought of the Walk." Wonder what it will be about....

It's the first episode of 2019 and we had a wonderful week off. Today, I will talk through processing deer as well as share recipes along the way that we use.

My independence fund got a huge boost last week in the form of venison. 40 pounds to be more specific. Processing it cost me $38 in supplies, of which I only used ¼, so that works out to $.23 cents a pound spent for $120 in meat (conservatively). Add to that the 6-8 quarts of deer stock I will be canning and it was a pretty big score!

Concepts

• Skinning and gutting (How I learned to field dress)-- do not pierce the gallbladder!
• Quartering
• Tools & Knives
• Some Cuts
• Storage and Rigor

Make it a great week.

Advisory Board

• The Booze Whisperer
• The Tactical Redneck
• Chef Brett
• Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• MT Knives
• Meat Tenderizing Tool
• Consumer grade vacuum sealer
• Cryovac Machine (Way cooler - also way more expensive)
• Meat Grinder
• Meat Grinding Attachment for Kitchenaid
• Membership Sign Up

Closing out the series, we bring you two versions of The Night Before Christmas. One from an intellectual fellow and one set to music. Enjoy!

Rest, regeneration, rejuvenation and reflection are the topic of today's show. The season has changed, we are officially in winter - and have been weather-wise for a bit. And the hardest days are likely ahead. But right now, in this moment, if we are following the natural flow of seasons. We finally have time to get some rest. Today, I also wanted to discuss the spirit of the season - no matter your religious leaning, and to think through ways to make the most of the season of regeneration.

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Zello Meetup Drunk Snacks
• Ham ideas: Ham sauerkraut stew, red eye gravy, pasta with cream sauce and broccoli, ham salad sandwiches (or hors d'oeuvres)
• Spring is coming: Seed catalogs and seedling growing station

Stump the Sauce

• Making Mayo: The process and how to not get it to taste like olive oil
• Canning Lid fail

Operation Independence

• 2018 Finance Review is Done and we kept the house! (New tracking spreadsheet for 2019)

Main topic of the show: Season of Regeneration

Merry Christmas everyone -  and make it a great week.

Song:

Advisory Board

The Booze Whisperer

The Tactical Redneck

Chef Brett

Samantha the Savings Ninja

Resources

• Membership Sign Up

This year on the podcast, we started hearing more often from a certain redneck. Sometimes as a segment, sometimes on an interview and a time or two on Youtube. So when he offered (ok was voluntold) to read a redneck version of The Night Before Christmas, how could we say no. Don't worry though, there are no bad words if your kids want to listen. :D