Ep 150. How to Find Wins When Progress Feels Slow

The Homestead Challenge Podcast | Suburban Homesteading, Gardening, Food From Scratch, Sustainable Living

If you’ve ever started a project with big hopes of a quick finish—only to find yourself staring at it weeks later, still not done—you are not alone. In today’s episode, I’m sharing both encouragement and practical steps for what to do when projects drag on longer than you thought they would.

We’ll talk about why this happens (hello, unrealistic expectations 🙋‍♀️), how to reframe your progress so you don’t feel stuck, and the small steps you can take to keep moving forward without burning out. From half-finished patios to delayed canning sessions, this is real-life homesteading, not Instagram reels.

✨ Here’s what you’ll hear in this episode:

• Why almost every project takes longer than planned

• How to pause and reassess instead of spiraling

• The power of brain-dumping what’s really left to do

• Knowing when to adjust the scope (and stop adding more)

• Finding small wins to keep momentum going

• Building margin into your timeline so you don’t feel like a failure

• How to borrow energy and motivation when you’re running low

• Learning the lesson for next time—and releasing the guilt

Even slow progress is still progress. Let’s celebrate the halfway points and the “work in progress” moments instead of waiting for the perfect before-and-after.

👉 Join me inside the Homestead Challenge Facebook Community and share your in progress photos—I’ll be sharing my half-finished patio too!