Why people are always broke

[@PraxisPrepper]

I did that same thing for a broom a while back except that it was the opposite. I used a dowel to reinforce a rather flimsy metal tube handle after it showed signs that it was going to kink and bend. The combination of the wooden core with the metal shroud still ahs that junky cheap broom in use decades later. Great reminder for people!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@PraxisPrepper Today people will throw out a broom or mop and buy a new one with their last $10, and then complain about not having any money, I reinvest my savings on useful things that will benefit me in the future.

[@PraxisPrepper]

@@MosaicHomestead You and me both bro! That's the way to do it!

[@SOILSISTA]

New friend...making it stick. 😊

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@SOILSISTA I fix everything, brooms, mops shovels, and I even make some tools, I do everything off grid.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@SOILSISTA I passed by your channel, very good with the food production, I do more like permaculture, most of my crop is banana 🍌, but I do have bread fruit and a bunch of other tropical fruits on property, I returned the favor...I have plans for a roof top garden, my animals get to everything 😀

[@SOILSISTA]

@@MosaicHomestead Ty...God's grace my new friend. We are working hard on becoming self sustaining. Especially with what's coming. Rooftop graden sounds interesting...these animals are definitely disrespectful so I get it. Appreciate the visit and the sub. Looking forward to learning together. Caio

[@marygallagher3428]

Beautiful mosaic Luis! It's good to be frugal - and creative!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@marygallagher3428 It was something I was forced to learn, but found the huge benefits of it.

[@HuplesCat]

I was chain sawing in the forest yesterday and the chain saw broke. I spent the time and effort to fix it as it is a great chain saw. My bird feeder has broken several times. I fixed it. In a real shtf you either fix stuff or have nothing. Most channels do not mention this!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@HuplesCat I bring it up this way, because even though times are tough for a lot of people now, times are still good compared to a real SHTF, if WW3 starts, nobody will be throwing stuff out like they do now. It's a great way to save money while you gain fixing skills.

[@HuplesCat]

@@MosaicHomestead We mainly live on or off the Earth. In a full collapse we will live with the Earth or die. There is NO waste in an shtf yet our entire prepping system aims for single use items!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@HuplesCat That's why I only buy bottled water during hurricane season, and it's only because my aunt will ask me for ice 🧊 during a power outage. I only review or recommend things that will last years, you will rarely see single use in my videos.

[@HuplesCat]

@@MosaicHomestead Yup which is why I shout you out often. It's not because you are kind to me, circle jerk, but you are prepping for real things and in real ways

[@LibertyGarden]

@@HuplesCat I thought you were a tree hugger? And why aren't you cutting trees with an axe and hand saw? Not very green, Huples.

[@deervalleyhomestead]

Man after my own heart , never throw anything that can be fixed !

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@deervalleyhomestead I would throw away that barn you're rebuilding, just because of critical structural issues, here structures need to survive 200mph, that's the only reason I see things that way, but it's going to be interesting what you do...you do really good work, and I rarely say this to people.

[@deervalleyhomestead]

@@MosaicHomestead thankfully the worst here is 60mph in a bad year. It's also a question of budget, I can afford to keep it from falling down but with rebuilding both houses the barn and new workshop have to wait 😞

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@deervalleyhomestead Understand completely, projects are not done all at once, and materials are still pretty expensive.

[@OldSchoolPrepper]

fix stuff! i agree, it's the simple things.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@OldSchoolPrepper Yeah it is simple, but sadly nobody wants to do it, it's easier throwing away and buying new, most people don't add up all the waste and cost they have yearly, if they knew, things would change a bit for them.

[@joeprimal2044]

Thousands of years from now someone is going to dig your place up and see your tile work and think some super rich person lived there. Beautiful bro.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@joeprimal2044 made out of scrap left over from my floor tilling, that stuff gets thrown out in construction sites.

[@felixdacat6572]

Yeah...they're gonna wonder how and why the Romans built their luxury villas in Puerto Rico.😂😂😂

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@felixdacat6572 Because they're Puerto Roman's 🇵🇷

[@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371]

Awesome life lesson brother! You are still my favorite KZbinr and Preparedness expert!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 Dude, you disappeared, How are you, been a while...I'm waiting on some vids

[@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371]

@@MosaicHomestead I know brother I have been doing the whole life thing lol. 😂 Plus the community at this point is pretty toxic I find my time better served doing hands on help with those who genuinely care about the lifestyle. But I do miss the “Real Ones” who are here like yourself!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 I'm aware of the real life thing, been busy too, I have been cleaning for about 2 weeks, all the hurricane preparedness backed up all my cleaning tasks.

[@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371]

@@MosaicHomestead No joke I’m sure you have been super busy especially in hurricane season! You gotta stay safe Brother!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 This year I got a ton of work done for hurricane season, Ernesto hit us as a strong tropical storm, power and water was out for 10 days...it was a cake walk, nothing changed for me, I kept going with power and running water as usual.

[@LibertyGarden]

Nobody fixes anything anymore, and most things are built so that they can't or aren't worth fixing.

[@joeprimal2044]

True That.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@LibertyGarden That's why I started making a lot of my own stuff, if I can make it or fix it, I'm doing it, I save over $500 every year just fixing stuff.

[@felixdacat6572]

Planned Obsolescence 😆😆😆💯

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@felixdacat6572 big time, but I'm fixing it if I can 😆

[@Wisershift]

😊 Nice work. Save money and stay out of debt.

[@pamb7560]

Inspiring

[@MosaicHomestead]

@pamb7560 I try to put up DIY videos to inspire people to try to build or fix something, inflation will go higher before it starts going down, I don't see inflation going down this year.

[@pamb7560]

@ Thanks for doing that. I will be checking out more of them

[@felixdacat6572]

Update-10/2 Good move on the Mop repair...👍...Hey keep an eye on Tropical Depression 12 (aka-Kirk).👀..That big boy is gaining steam.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@@felixdacat6572 not headed my way.

[@Anna-c8r7n]

I literary make a living off of the things people throw away. Clothes still with tags, perfectly good furniture, shors, sneakers, kitchenware, linens. Very sad. It's refreshing to see you are not wasteful. Gorgeous floor, btw❤

[@MosaicHomestead]

@Anna-c8r7n Nothing goes to waste on a homestead, if you are here, you will see that I do all my own work, most of the projects are done with scrap metal, my hallway Mosaic is 90% travertine waste...that Mosaic is very expensive, but literally cost me Nothing to make.

[@thefeatherbrain]

Those little things add up to quite a lot. Also, your house looks like an ancient Roman palace...Just sayin.

[@MosaicHomestead]

@thefeatherbrain the reason I built that way wasn't for Ego's sake, it was because I had a baby face, I didn't look old enough to know what I did when it came to construction, showing my work to future clients was the only way to get work, so when I came up with new stone finish work, it was tried at home first. It worked, because I got a decent amount of remodeling work, I do small gigs now because I take care of my brother, so most of the work now is for myself.

[@briwyzard3065]

@@MosaicHomestead Well it's gorgeous!

[@MosaicHomestead]

@briwyzard3065 My brother thought I went crazy when I started building the Mosaic, The Mosaic is built upside-down, so it actually looks all the same color, it's built that way because a Mosaic fiberglass sheet is glued to the Mosaic to hold it in place, then it's flipped over carefully sandwiched between two plywood sheets, then 3 months later, you finally see the finished product. The total time to make the Mosaic is appropriately 6 months, that's what makes it expensive, Every piece was cut and tumbled by me, it's one of a kind, I burned the template once it was finished.