Over the weekend, I got y'alls attention with a post about bookkeeping software. And I FIRED QuickBooks Online. Based on your response, I think it is time to have a discussion about the struggles of a creative addressing things in business that are outside our areas of talent and priority. I will share the things I must make myself do and how I handle it. Just because I am not inclined toward a thing does not mean I should ignore it. Featured Event: Back to the Land Festival: Backtothelandfestival.com Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com Sponsor 2: The Wealth Steading Podcast: InvestableWealth.com Email feedback to nicole@livingfreeintennessee.com Livestream Schedule ?️ Tuesday at 12:30 pm - Don't miss the Tuesday Live with Bobby Spags and John Willis. You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams SOE YT: https://www.youtube.com/@SOEtacticalgear/streams ?️ Thursday at 7:30 pm - SRF Live with Toolman Tim! The master of kicking the poverty mindset to the curb will join me. Be sure to tune in for a great show! You can catch the show: SRF YT:  https://www.youtube.com/@selfreliancefest LFTN YT: https://www.youtube.com/@lftn/streams SOE YT: https://www.youtube.com/@SOEtacticalgear/streams ?️ Friday at 10:30 am - Tune in to the Homestead Happenings Show for all things homesteading. You can also stream it on Odysee, here: https://odysee.com/@livingfree:b Tales from the Prepper Pantry 64.5 jars of green beans put up 20 jars of salsa Added 8 pints of tomato sauce - tomato sauce shortcut tips The turkey that was rabbit - a recipe Covid shot down rumors, assessing your storage, thoughts on proper reaction to all this noise Weekly Shopping Report: 8/26/2023 Dollar Tree: One drink cooler is still out of order, but the others are mostly full. There isn't much Venom left, so I hope they get more, although they do have the brewed tea now. Other stock looks good too, and the store was busy enough that a second line was opened. Although we skipped Home Depot, I checked online for the price of a 2x4x8, and it remains at $3.68. Aldi was last. We found most of what we wanted except cherries and dark chocolate; they had other varieties which I skipped. They did have heavy cream back in stock. Staple prices were: milk: $2.78; eggs: $1.06; heavy cream: $4.69; OJ: $3.19; butter: $3.19; bacon: $3.99; sugar: $3.09, and flour: $2.19. I may need to add potatoes; Sonia said this is the first time they were over $6, and they had been under $5 or even under $4. Untainted regular gasoline remains at $3.899 / gallon. A side effect of having a rental car while ours was in the shop is that I got to discover that the usual corrupted stuff (with ethanol) is $3.399 / gallon. Frugality Tip from Janet Save 8-1/2 x 11” sheets of paper (printer mis-prints, etc.) and when you have a large stack of paper, take it to a copy shop and have them turn it into small notepads for you. Operation Independence Today’s show is all about WHY a creative would invest hours of time in tracking finances and doing other annoying clerical things. It is all about optimizing tax deductions to keep more money in my pocket as well as increasing efficiency in my enterprises so that we are increasingly stable. Main topic of the Show: Creatives' Struggles in Business I struck a chord over the weekend with a post about Quickbooks Online and bookkeeping: I fired QBO. I got more engagement on that post than most over the past few months. People reached out with advice and suggestions. People also reached out saying the want to follow my progress because they have the same problem. And what is the problem? I am a creative. I think big picture first, then details. If I was going to be screened, I would probably be diagnosed with ADHD and my chosen lifestyle aplifies those characteristics. In fact, they REALLY wanted to diagnose me in the third grade and Mom would not let them. Thank you MAMA SAUCE. Creative Challenges in Busines