You know you’re a PEPper when . . .

You sit down to House Renovation update brunch with your wife and she suspects you’re prioritising tasks which lead to the most badges.

Is PEP taking over your life? Are you a PEPper . . .

This is inspired by Nicole’s highly entertaining You know you’re a Permie when . . . thread.

What's your "You know you're a PEPper when..."?

...your phone runs out of memory because you take multiple pictures of every single thing you make.

When you spot your spouse/child or other human being nearby and say, "Hey, can you take a picture of me doing this...but don't get a picture of my face." And "this" is always something weird that people usually don't get pictures of themselves doing, like oiling a broom handle or standing by a big brush pile...

...you buy something just to do a PEP project.

You get much more interested in organizing work parties and community events (with lots of pictures)

You tell your spouse, "Wait! Let me do that" about a household task that they've always done and you've never shown an interest in doing.

This is the first folder you open in your browser every morning:

You take photos of every room, wall, door, switch, window, ceiling and floor when you move into a new house, just in case you need a before shot.

When you don't empty your kitchen compost container even though it's overflowing because you left your camera at work and you only need 2 more gallons for the Ruth Stout composting BB...  

Edward that is an incredible collection of switch plates, none of which to my eyes, tone in with the wall they're against. I get it that the undertones could be wrong in some spots if all the plates are identical in a house, but you'd think if they're all different, they'd have been chosen to go with the paint. Hopefully your colour sense is better than the former decorator's!

Back on topic - I haven't been much of a PEPper lately, but it has put me in a better habit of taking pictures of projects at various stages. Even if I don't apply for PEP badges, as many of the things I'm doing don't fit into the program, it's really nice if I post about a project to show the different stages I went through to do so. I really love to see the stages in other people's projects, as it helps me to see that I could possibly do the same thing.

So even if you do something and don't submit it, it's still wonderful to take lots of "before" pictures, and eventually, we might see some "after" pictures, and maybe even some "in between" pictures.

You know you’re a PEPper when you check your latest BB every 30 minutes to see if it's been approved yet.

I still can’t figure out how you do pep. How do you do it?  Are there specific things assignments to do etc ? how do you document it ? and apply for the badge?
I ask, since there is a lot of things I do very well, and I always take photo evidence when I complete a project and start one.

Sorry.  What’s a PEP?

Thomas Hicks wrote:Sorry.  What’s a PEP?

Permaculture Experience according to Paul
Check out the SKIP program or search "The 22 aspects of PEP" for an overview. I'd love to include a link to those pages, but phone isn't cooperating.
Hope that's helpful.

What is PEP? : https://permies.com/t/96687/skills-inherit-property/PEP-PEX

The 22 badges of PEP: https://permies.com/wiki/pep

How to get your first badge bit: https://permies.com/wiki/147283/skills-inherit-property/Badge-Bit-BB

In essence PEP is a system of certifying that people can do a bunch of tasks that paul wheaton thinks are valuable for a permaculture and homesteading lifestyle, and would be attractive to a potential Otis.

Who is Otis you ask? https://permies.com/t/101848/skills-inherit-property/Otis-test

When your spouse and kids have a ridiculously long conversation in response to, "you'll never guess what mom did today..."

Bring home more animals in the minivan?
Serve weeds for dinner again?
Cover the floor with wood shavings?
Fill your coat pocket with seeds?
Take over the lawn with garden beds?
Request your pee for composting?
Build a shed while you weren't looking?
Shove more tea down your throat?
Sneak ABC-leaves into your bandage?
Dumpster dive for mulch?
Plant MORE garlic?
Sing songs about composting toilets?
Teach a whole class about eating weeds?
Get ANOTHER box of seeds in the mail? (Mom, is this becoming a problem??)
Take pictures of doing chores?
Make you hike through a swamp to fetch her noxious weeds?

No. Then what? Today she buried the woodpile.