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1/12/25

Writing to you from Uruguay.

This past week went well overall and a few interesting things happened. As this new year is moving along I’m beginning to gain momentum slowly but surely.

Every week should build upon the next within The Preparation. These past two weeks have been decent. The wheels are turning, but I need to hustle more, I need to add more coal to the fire to get things moving at a high level of progress.

Question for you

What does your ideal daily schedule look like for maximum output?

Work on the Ranch

There still hasn’t been much work on the ranch as of recent. I did some mowing, but besides that, the only work I really have to do is with the broiler chickens that I’m raising.

(Our chicken tractor on the ranch)

I started off with ~50 broiler chicks back in November and was keeping them in the chicken coop for a month. During that time, a skunk managed to sneak into the coup through a small crack in the c…

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