Managing my love of gardening and everything food is difficult every year. There comes a point just about now when working 10 hours a day and coming home to care for the garden and putting away goodies becomes somewhat trying. Right now I have about 10 lbs of yellow squash needing to be made into relish that I am dreading in the 103 degree heat. I've lost my opportunity to take the bounty to work and share with my co-workers as today is my day off. Of course in the midst of all this I need to weed, tie up new tomato vines, prune back one of the squash plants and finally make sure my drip system is still adequately handling the plants as they continue to grow. Oh did I mention that I still need to do regular every day things like clean house, bathe the dogs, pay bills and shop for groceries?
So, how do you balance your hobbies that are sometimes a chore and your regular chores? Don't stress whatever gets done gets done. If the squash don't make it to the relish then they will feed my compost. Oh well I'll wait for the next batch. If the weeds don't get pulled, they will still be there and bigger and easier to grab next week. If the house doesn't get cleaned, it will still be dirty tomorrow. If the dogs don't get bathed they will still be dirty tomorrow..heck they will probably be dirty tomorrow regardless after they roll around in the grass AFTER their baths, lol.
My point of all of this is do the things you enjoy and don't sweat the small stuff. I used to let my list of EVERYTHING TO DO paralize me into doing nothing and then spend the rest of the time stressing and feeling guilty about what I hadn't done. Now I prioritize my time and my list, if the world isn't going to come to an end from me not doing it today it may not get done. Now this is not procrastination, this is managing your priorities. Today, the tomato vines must be tied up and the watering system needs to be checked because of the heat. The weeds will wait. I chose to make relish today because I will enjoy it.
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