Episode 181 - What We Learned From the Ditch the Store Challenge

<p>🌱 WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE FIRST DITCH THE STORE CHALLENGE (and what&#39;s coming next!)</p><p>Hey everyone, CJ here. Last week we ran the very first Ditch the Store Challenge on Skool, and today I&#39;m recapping how it went, what surprised me running it, and — the big news — where this goes from here.</p><p>In this episode:</p><p>What Skool actually is for anyone who&#39;s never heard of it, and why I like it a lot more than Facebook for building a genuine, supportive community</p><p>A personal update: two months into a keto/carnivore way of eating, the weight loss, and the mental clarity that&#39;s made a real difference to how much I get done</p><p>A farm update on Loki, our baby buck, as we start weaning him off the bottle</p><p>What running the challenge taught me — including the live-call feature on Skool I didn&#39;t even know existed until a member went looking for me</p><p>Why the challenge works just as well self-paced as it does live, and where to find the 180A–E mini-series if you haven&#39;t caught them yet</p><p>The community update: over 60 members on Skool and a combined email list of nearly 250</p><p>The big announcement: the 5 Day Ditch the Store Challenge isn&#39;t a one-off — it&#39;s going to run every month from here on, living permanently in a Skool classroom so you can do it whenever suits your life</p><p>Confirmed dates for the next two rounds: </p><p>19–23 October and </p><p>23–27 November</p><p>Why it&#39;s staying free-first rather than becoming a paid course, and what&#39;s coming next week (episode 182 — the Ditch the Store Method)</p><p>Missed last week&#39;s challenge, or couldn&#39;t make it work with your roster, your kids, or your farm? That&#39;s completely fine — there&#39;s always another one coming.</p><p><strong>JOIN THE CHALLENGE (FREE) Skool community: </strong>https://www.skool.com/ditch-the-store-6174/about</p><p><strong>Eddie Abbew Crew on Skool:</strong> https://www.skool.com/abbewcrew/about?ref=e31882b2226844c093df8c88e1ee1852 (yes it is an affiliate link, 🙏🏼)</p><p><strong>GET THE BOOKS</strong> </p><p>Eggs Without Cartons: https://link.amazon/B09pwYzr6From Brooder to Plate: https://link.amazon/B080SYcCL</p><p><strong>FOLLOW ALONG </strong></p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mojohomestead Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mojohomestead/ Website: https://www.mojohomestead.net </p><p>Not the Farmer&#39;s Wife: https://www.notthefarmerswife.com</p>