The first two weeks of my "sabbatical" flew by - with a trip to Birmingham Alabama to see our friend D over the 4th July weekend and a wonderful visit last week from our friends from Oz W&J.
Spending more time here means I will get to see a bit more of America and we always love to have our friends visit. All good.
However, after that initial busy time and with more time on my hands I hit a bit of a low spot early this week -wondering how I would fill my days here on the farm.
Work wise, I am used to achieving things - through problem solving, communication and planning.
I always felt an immense satisfaction when a project was completed, I retained a new client or my list of tasks reduced.
(I am a Virgo in case you didn't guess.)
Now I need to find a different way to satisfy my need to achieve.
To count the things I do each day here as achievements - just different from "my job".
Like this:
Pick fresh veges each day from our garden
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Make meals which include at least one ingredient from our garden
Forage for chanterelles and make a new chanterelle recipe-rillettes
Make fresh pasta (sorry no pic)
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bake a loaf of bread
Practise my pastry making
Break my block and do some writing
And yes, lay in the hammock and read.
I have had a good week.
