“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln
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"Be excellent to each other"
“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
Semi-arid warm mediterranean. 800m2 shared urban no-irrigation food garden.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Toni Cameron wrote:I have to keep reminding myself that perfection is the enemy of the done.
SAHM has always meant “too busy taking care of family business to Stay At Home (Mother)”.
"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)
Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.
Henri Alain
Ellendra Nauriel wrote:Sometimes rebranding a task helps with motivation.
As an example, I hatehatehate pulling weeds!! But harvesting is fun. I started taking 2 buckets along, one for weeds that the chickens can eat, one for the burn pile. Suddenly, it's not "weeding", I'm just harvesting free chicken treats! And somehow, it doesn't seem as hard anymore.
This also gives me a clear cut-off point. I have a chronic pain disorder than kicks in when I overdo something, but when I'm wrapped up in a task I fall into the trap of "just a little more" and wind up paying for it. If I stop when the bucket is full, I'm less likely to overdo it, which means I can do more the next day instead of needing to lay still all day and recover.
Even if all you do is pull one handful of weeds, that's a handful of weeds done. Sometimes that's all you can do. But it is still something!
Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days.
Henri Alain
I'm only 60! That's not to old to learn to be a permie, right?
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln
Finished one life quest, on to the next!
Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. Mark Twain
Finished one life quest, on to the next!
"Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky."
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Semi-arid warm mediterranean. 800m2 shared urban no-irrigation food garden.
Cécile Stelzer Johnson wrote:
Then I look at the tasks and ask myself: What is one, maybe two things, max, [depending on how big they are] I can accomplish today. I keep my written list by the computer and get started, just on those two. I strike through them when I'm done, or erase them.
The idea is to regain a sense of Ah! I DID accomplish *something*. Because that is really what you are trying to break: It is the vicious cycle of not feeling like you are getting ANYTHING done, and then you guilt yourself into more misery. It is a vicious cycle. It needs to be broken. That is how I do it. It is not so much "prioritizing", which has its place, it is starting to do.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. (E.E.Hale)
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln
Earthworks are the skeleton; the plants and animals flesh out the design.
Here’s good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee. – Martin H. Fischer
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