I have learned so much over the years; mostly in the last five years, about how to be more of what I want to be as a homesteader. I may not have acres and acres of land, live off-grid or even have a barn/corral full of animals, but we are doing the homesteading lifestyle our way.
Sure there are more things we want (mentioned above) but we know we have to do it in a progression stage. If we jumped in had first, we would have failed already. So slowly we are converting to where we want to be.