I get easily overwhelmed trying to keep up with all my garden projects and balance all that with other commitments. But when I feel stuck, it helps me remember to take things one accomplishment at a time, one moment at a time, one day at a time, etc. I look forward to seeing how you manage the whole move.
I got the Colorado Yarrow mix too! Mine are still just seedlings (I'm in a colder climate than you), but I can't wait to see how they grow up! Yours is so pretty! Let's see, when I have a hard time making decisions, usually that means it's a bad spoon day too. I try to take a step back and ask myself what will bring me joy that I still have energy to accomplish. That might mean that I put off chores (like emptying my worm bins) and instead do something frivolous like bake cookies. Sometimes that means just sitting outside and doing nothing. One of my most favorite recent afternoons involved my beagle and I sitting outside in the sun watching a mole dig, lol. But sometimes its too difficult to decide what to do (or my brain is too foggy to work properly) and I'll ask for others' input or assistance. That can lead to surprising insights or solutions. And then there's the days where it just isn't worth getting out of bed. Those days I remind myself that: this too shall pass. Better days are ahead.
How to keep going… I’m struggling with that right now. Not because I don’t want to, but because I’m completely exhausted right now. I’ve battled cancer for 8 years, but we think maybe we’ve got that under control. I’m still recovering from cancer treatment, but also, arthritis is kicking my butt right now. I sit at my desk because if I stay in bed, I’ll sleep all day, although I’ll probably sleep sitting up at my desk too 😂😂😂 Anyway, to keep going, I break my tasks down into smaller parts. A baby step is still a step forward. It’s been pouring rain today, so my plan for today was to go through my seeds and decide what I want to grow and figure out when I need to start all my seeds. I’m having problems because, I’m in a new home and don’t have my garden planned out completely. Planning a new garden is a really big task for me right now, so I’m breaking things down into even smaller parts for today. I realized that some of my seed packets have absolutely no helpful information on them. Things like days to maturity, or whether the bean is a pole bean or a bush bean, let alone when to start the seeds. My task for today has become looking up the missing information about the seed variety and writing it on the seed packet. It’s not much, but it’s something that needs to be done, so it is a step forward, a baby step. This may not be a lot of help, but it’s what keeps me feeling in my mind, that I am still moving forward. I hope this is some help to someone.
I'm glad to hear your health is finally coming under control. That's great news! I hear you about the seed packs. My favorite seed company doesn't put much on the packet. They're small and I love them so, yeah, it's looking things up and writing them down. Baby steps for sure! Sometimes that feels like the only available steps and, you're right, they're progress. Enjoy your new garden space. 💜🌱💜
Shut off all sources of media. No phone, radio, tv, internet, ect., and eat one meal a day of food I've personally harvested except eggs. All thoughts clear for me. The trap is its hard to come back to this society after an extended shut down, like 10 days, because once settled into a routine, a permaculture-styled routine mind you, its dreamy comfortable, still the return must happen to meet obligations and live in it. I wish you well.
You seem to be worrying about far too much - overthiniking it - it really doens't matter if you have 20 or 50 started if you harvest them there or now - all that matters is that have enough to move if and when you move. Everything else is just the cycle of this one year - shake it off because - wow - your brain is way to into trying be perfect - and nature is not perfect - just set out any overaged on the front and ask for $1 ....
I get easily overwhelmed trying to keep up with all my garden projects and balance all that with other commitments. But when I feel stuck, it helps me remember to take things one accomplishment at a time, one moment at a time, one day at a time, etc. I look forward to seeing how you manage the whole move.
I got the Colorado Yarrow mix too! Mine are still just seedlings (I'm in a colder climate than you), but I can't wait to see how they grow up! Yours is so pretty!
Let's see, when I have a hard time making decisions, usually that means it's a bad spoon day too. I try to take a step back and ask myself what will bring me joy that I still have energy to accomplish. That might mean that I put off chores (like emptying my worm bins) and instead do something frivolous like bake cookies. Sometimes that means just sitting outside and doing nothing. One of my most favorite recent afternoons involved my beagle and I sitting outside in the sun watching a mole dig, lol. But sometimes its too difficult to decide what to do (or my brain is too foggy to work properly) and I'll ask for others' input or assistance. That can lead to surprising insights or solutions. And then there's the days where it just isn't worth getting out of bed. Those days I remind myself that: this too shall pass. Better days are ahead.
I want to watch a mole dig a hole! That sounds really relaxing.
Your yarrow is going to be beautiful!
How to keep going… I’m struggling with that right now. Not because I don’t want to, but because I’m completely exhausted right now. I’ve battled cancer for 8 years, but we think maybe we’ve got that under control. I’m still recovering from cancer treatment, but also, arthritis is kicking my butt right now. I sit at my desk because if I stay in bed, I’ll sleep all day, although I’ll probably sleep sitting up at my desk too 😂😂😂 Anyway, to keep going, I break my tasks down into smaller parts. A baby step is still a step forward. It’s been pouring rain today, so my plan for today was to go through my seeds and decide what I want to grow and figure out when I need to start all my seeds. I’m having problems because, I’m in a new home and don’t have my garden planned out completely. Planning a new garden is a really big task for me right now, so I’m breaking things down into even smaller parts for today. I realized that some of my seed packets have absolutely no helpful information on them. Things like days to maturity, or whether the bean is a pole bean or a bush bean, let alone when to start the seeds. My task for today has become looking up the missing information about the seed variety and writing it on the seed packet. It’s not much, but it’s something that needs to be done, so it is a step forward, a baby step. This may not be a lot of help, but it’s what keeps me feeling in my mind, that I am still moving forward. I hope this is some help to someone.
I'm glad to hear your health is finally coming under control. That's great news!
I hear you about the seed packs. My favorite seed company doesn't put much on the packet. They're small and I love them so, yeah, it's looking things up and writing them down.
Baby steps for sure! Sometimes that feels like the only available steps and, you're right, they're progress.
Enjoy your new garden space. 💜🌱💜
Shut off all sources of media. No phone, radio, tv, internet, ect., and eat one meal a day of food I've personally harvested except eggs. All thoughts clear for me. The trap is its hard to come back to this society after an extended shut down, like 10 days, because once settled into a routine, a permaculture-styled routine mind you, its dreamy comfortable, still the return must happen to meet obligations and live in it. I wish you well.
You seem to be worrying about far too much - overthiniking it - it really doens't matter if you have 20 or 50 started if you harvest them there or now - all that matters is that have enough to move if and when you move. Everything else is just the cycle of this one year - shake it off because - wow - your brain is way to into trying be perfect - and nature is not perfect - just set out any overaged on the front and ask for $1 ....