Thursday, January 12, 2017

Go Away 2016

2016 started off pretty rugged. My father in law had passed away suddenly and threw everything in a whirl wind of upheaval. Then after the initial shock, paperwork mania etc.. things sort of settled. We managed to get a lot done personally. I guess personal progress no matter how small or unprofitable, is really substantial as well. Its the details, the drive, the sincerity that i think that's really what matters.

Got our new green house and built that, more planting beds, a cement pad storage shed, a new 57 travel trailer, new chicken coop straight from overseas, bunch of small work on the house. Moved out of a defunct store, did a few shows, continued to sell like a mad woman, purging, demoed a closet, redid our room, had numerous trees cut for us and our neighbor, got composting going. Moved, gave away, organized piles of wood  to make room for trailer, old chick coop (now our animal products storage) and jungle gym (construction materials holder). It sounds easy but everything had to be moved, cleared or cleaned, built, etc... lots of trips to our transfer site (dump). Lots of work. Some the tree rounds were more then I can lift.


So when I looked out on my world from the shed we built, I am satisfied. We do have more to do. Roof the garden shed, create more growing boxes, deck redo, fence redo, kitchen redo. It all is sitting there on the todo list. It is a lot but it also is so little compared to where I was. 

A couple of weeks in and so much is in the works and shifting. Not all laid out in a perfect manner but getting together a schedule. Need to uncluttered the clutter and bring some clarity to storage. Would love to just unload stuff but not sure I want the financial loss. 

Thursday morning and the potential for a large two day snow event may bring some time my way to get inventory done, rearrange the sheds and move on into the year. I think the potential for working on things in a more purposeful way is a rewarding outcome, but at the same time it had been difficult considering the things brewing in the world.

You got about working, planning, scheduling and then you her something and just want to quit. Things that make sense and should happen, aren't. The most asinine things are said, done, etc...and you cant process it adequately. It derails you. So I am trying to be informed but not derailed. But that is so difficult!

So today is a day to look beyond that. 

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