A Farmish Kind of Life

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A Farmish Kind of Life episodes

July 07 344: You Are Not Uniquely Overwhelmed
Do you ever feel like nobody else could possibly have as much on their plate as you do?
In today’s episode, I’m talking about the weird way we’ve turned busyness into part of our identity, why we feel the need to prove how much we’re juggling, and the surprising freedom that comes from realizing you’re actually not uniquely overwhelmed.
7-7-26 Amy Dingmann
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20 min
June 23 343: The Most Important Thing a Homestead Produces
There was a time when I measured our homestead by what it produced. The eggs. The gardens. The jars on the shelf. The projects. The progress.
But while doing chores recently in the middle of a particularly chaotic season of life, I realized something. Sometimes the most valuable thing a homestead produces isn’t food. Sometimes it produces peace. Sometimes it produces… a home.
In today’s episode, I talk about the difference between productive seasons and survival seasons, why we shouldn’t make permanent decisions during temporary seasons of stress, and how sometimes the greatest gift a homestead can offer is simply being a place to come home to.
6-23-26 Amy Dingmann
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17 min
June 16 342: Maybe This is Just… Life?
The day started with campaign signs, frustrated phone calls to the bank, tech issues, church work, schedule changes, and a growing desire to punch someone, or maybe just the printer.
But somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, I found myself thinking about something bigger:
What if this is just life?
And I don’t mean that in a depressing way. I mean it in a kinda beautiful way.
We spend a lot of time chasing titles and accomplishments, thinking that the “next thing” will finally make life feel meaningful. But I am starting to discover that every meaningful thing… eventually becomes ordinary work.
Sheriffs deal with paperwork. Pastors answer phone calls. Writers just… write. Farmers mow. Parents do laundry.
The title we shoot for might sound glamorous, but the Tuesday afternoon reality of the “job” usually isn’t.
In this episode, I’m talking about why that might not be a problem to solve, but a truth to embrace. Maybe life isn’t happening somewhere else down the line. Maybe it’s happening right here in the middle of very ordinary things.
6-16-26 Amy Dingmann
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20 min
June 09341: Help! I (Apparently) Need Somebody
I stopped at Runnings for feed the other day and left questioning my entire philosophy on accepting help.
In today’s episode, I’m talking about:
that weird thing I do where I happily admire people who offer help while simultaneously refusing it myself,
what my husband’s heart surgery taught me about letting people show up for you,
why the thing I needed most during that whole ordeal was apparently someone to make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and
why I maybe need to redefine how I look at what help even is.
I’m also talking about community, independence, overload, and why maybe help isn’t just for people who can’t do something. Maybe it’s also for people who technically can, but are carrying enough already. Or just carrying… something.
Also: there is good in the world. Sometimes it looks like a hot dish from many miles away. Sometimes it looks like a text message. And sometimes it looks like a guy at Runnings asking if you want a hand unloading feed.
6-9-26 Amy Dingmann
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20 min
June 02340: Your Part of the Problem
When something goes wrong or doesn’t work the way we want, it’s way easier to blame the tool, the system, the circumstances, or other people. Right? And sometimes those things really are part of the problem.
But more often than not, we need to ask a harder question: What part of this did I contribute to?
In this episode, I’m talking about ownership, self-awareness, and the super uncomfortable (but often freeing) process of asking what role are playing in all that stuff that’s frustrating us.
From fighting with tools and farm equipment to sleep habits, daily routines, relationships, and life’s recurring annoyances, today I’m exploring why it’s so dang difficult to admit when we’re part of the problem and why doing so might actually be pretty empowering.
In this episode:
Why our first instinct is often to blame something outside ourselves
The difference between blame and responsibility
“Operator error” and how it applies to more than machinery
Poking the bear: situations we purposely walk into and then complain about later
Why daily habits often hold the answer to recurring problems
How asking “What part of this is on me?” can help us move forward
Blame keeps us stuck, but ownership gives us something we can actually change.
6-2-26 Amy Dingmann
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28 min
May 26339: What Works… Changes
I think a lot of us secretly believe that once we get to a certain point in life, we will figure things out, and then things are supposed to stay that way.
But I’m here today to remind you that isn’t the way it works. Because life keeps moving. And so do we.
Today’s chat on the front porch is about the constant reevaluation that comes with adulthood, homesteading, relationships, routines, work, priorities, and you know… just being human. Because many times in life we end up having to admit that the systems that once worked beautifully eventually stop fitting the season you’re in. And that doesn’t mean you screwed up, it means that life is happening and life is doing what it does.
Other stuff in today’s episode:
the lie that adulthood is “arrival”
why homesteading forces constant adaptation
systems and how they quietly expire
the grief of outgrowing old seasons
identity, burnout, and changing priorities
and the delightful realization that maybe “forever” was never actually the point
5-26-26 Amy Dingmann
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24 min
May 19338: Outrage Everywhere, Humanity Anyway
The internet wants us emotionally activated all the time, but Real Life wants us present.
Today’s episode is about:
outrage fatigue
online noise
why humans go numb
real world disasters
community response
and… why I still think most people are better than the internet makes them look
Also:
Minnesota wildfires, emotional overload, and why humans are built for tangible reality, not infinite digital catastrophe.
5-19-26 Amy Dingmann
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22 min
May 12 337: The Double Standard No One Talks About
Lately I’ve been thinking a LOT about how we respond differently to exhaustion depending on who’s expressing it.
Women often talk about burnout, mental load, and needing a break. And those things are real. Absolutely.
But what happens when men say the exact same things?
I’m not here today to dismiss anyone’s struggles. I’m just here to point out the growing double standard surrounding who is allowed to openly feel overwhelmed, and what happens to relationships when exhaustion turns into a competition instead of a conversation.
5-12-26 Amy Dingmann
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20 min
May 05 336: It feels like we won’t recover. We will.
Today’s front porch perspective might ruffle a few feathers, but I think it might also explain a lot of what we’re seeing right now.
Some people aren’t panicking because things are objectively worse than they’ve ever been.
They’re panicking because this is their first storm.
You know, their first “rodeo”.
In this episode, I talk about why life experience changes how you respond to hard times, why calm is something you have to earn, and why what feels like “OMG THIS IS THE END” might just be the beginning of learning that you’ll be okay.
5-5-26 Amy Dingmann
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17 min
April 28 335: What Crisis Taught Me About Homesteading
What happens to the things you care about when life gets hard?
In this episode, I’m talking about what the last few months taught me in the midst of my husband’s heart issues and surgery. I learned something about homesteading, and also about priorities, pressure, and the things we think matter… until they don’t.
Sometimes it’s not that life gets overwhelming. Sometimes we just have too many things on our list that don’t actually matter. And sometimes it takes everything completely falling off your radar to finally see that clearly.
4-28-26 Amy Dingmann
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20 min