Setting the tone of a project
Our last bit of
homesteading wisdom is perhaps the best of the lot. Jeremy from Adirondack Stone Works kept
it short and sweet:
I would say that the most important tip I have
for home business and
homesteading is this: the joy and love I bring to a project sets the
tone of the project. The feeling I get from a project is the fuel
I use to
move forward. This is why I think it is important to find the positive story about a project. It's unreasonable to expect ourselves to move though all of the obstacles that a homestead or small business will bring without a sustaining, positive story.
I've often found myself dealing with a myriad of stressful thoughts about all of the things I have to do. This stress is poor fuel for getting things done. If I think of a project like "the garden" and stressful thoughts come up, I have less energy for the garden just when I likely need more energy. I really do believe that a positive or negative story is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Jeremy's advice is
something I've been working hard to incorporate into my own life in the
last six months. Perfect timing to hear it voiced so
succinctly and well. Thanks, Jeremy!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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