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For an easy and reliable  way to get home, you could just make sure the last place you slept was at home.  If you are going on a long journey that requires you to sleep away from home then you should place a chest with a compasses in it wherever you sleep.  If you die, you will spawn back at the chest where you can simply pick up your new compass and go home.  Its not a bad idea to have other essentials in  the chest as well.