"Use it up, wear it out, make due, or do without." This was a phrase that I grew up hearing and I don't think I ever really understood it until I started my homesteading journey. I've been homesteading casually for about 4 years, but after 2020, I realized that I should take homesteading and prepping a lot more seriously. I've been doing more homesteading and prepping activities this year, 2021, but I'm not taking it to the level that I want to. My goal for 2022 is to take more actionable steps in preparing my family for emergencies and to be as low waste as possible. I'm hoping to record my journey and learn as I go. This is one of two of my channels. NightShade Citystead is more personal of a channel and Nyx NightShade will be my professional channel. I plan on uploading to both, but NightShade Citystead will likely be the one I upload to most often.