Life Takes Over.

Adulting can be hard.

In the past few weeks I have accomplished essentially nothing on the homestead. I mean sure, the chickens are still alive and I harvested a few vegetables, but beyond that....total bunk. Certainly not all that I had planned.

There's that bible verse that goes something like a man makes his plans.... But then never does them...don't know that one? Maybe that's just in my translation.

The point being that sometimes life gets in the way. And sure there are some super over achieving go getters that are going to say something like..."winners don't make excuses".... But I guess they didn't homestead while having 8 kids in a post psudeo pandemic world where everything is absolutely bonkers.

In October I lost my job. It took me a bit to find a new one that suited what I was looking for but God blessed and provided in marvelous ways. That process of switching jobs is not just as simple as driving to a different place everyday, it involves a lot of mental energy. It takes time to settle in, to adapt to the changes, to find a groove. I'm not sure that's happened for me yet...but I feel if I don't start somewhere I'm gonna get nowhere.

I also hate the cold. Winter sucks. I just want to crawl up on the couch with a cup of coffee and and a seed catalog and fantasize about next year's garden potential until April. But stuff has got to get done.

I blame the holidays as well. I would get more done but you know I'm focusing on the holidays. Now that one is an excuse.

What it comes down to is inertia. It takes more energy to get something to move than it does to keep it moving. It's the same way with the human will. My will to work hard and push forward with the homestead was interrupted and rightly so with my need of a new occupation. But now that I'm dead stopped in the road, on a hill called winter, it's been hard to get this car moving again.

Not sure why exactly I'm writing all of this. Probably because putting it out in the world provides the external motivation, even if it's just perceived and not real, to kickstart my giddyup and get the car rolling again.

Hard doesn't equal bad, but it does often means it's worth it.

Upcoming homesteading plans?

1. Put the garden beds to bed.

2. Clean up/organize grow room to prepare for next year.

3. Save the lettuce seed that's been hanging for a few months.

4. Turn old fridge into underground root cellar.

5. Start new beds for next spring. Cardboard,tarp, etc.

6. Everything else.

Lets get it.