Yes, those raspberries and cherries came from our wild, untamed garden and property. No, I do not have a semi-related story to tell. (I wrote one last year around this time that might suffice.)

Why am I pawning you, dear reader, off on a year-old blog post? Because these days I am so brain-dead by the end of the day that I have little energy for writing for pleasure.

My work revolves around being creative for other people and their projects. When I get busy with work, I get really into my work. As a result, my own projects, such as this one, fall by the wayside.

Yes, I get to work from home, which is amazing. But….that also means that I am always at work! I have yet to learn work/life balance. My work ethic has followed me to our new life here at Whimfield.

Yes, my hands are lily white in the above photo because I am holed up all day at my computer in my home office working from dawn ’til dusk; no speck of sunshine dares cross my lily white skin.

And while I work life seems to go on around me.

Plants are growing, things are happening!

I think I’m coming due for a deep breath and a mini-reset. Will someone please remind me why we embarked on this adventure in the first place? I must continue to remind myself about the important things in life. Yes, it’s all too easy to slip back into the way things were.

Perhaps every few months we should all schedule a deep breath and a mini-reset. “How am I doing?” “What should I change?” “Do I like the track my life is taking?” Even if the answers are positive, it’s important to keep checking.

I just checked in with myself. My answer was that things are good, but I think I need to slow down a little. I hope that I’ll let that epiphany guide my decisions over the next few months.