Time & Calendars

I've been working with calendars lately. Trying to schedule everything ahead of time, because as with any ranch, summertime is really busy. Not only do you have the regular chores that you do daily no matter what, but there are also all the things we do in order to make the ranch pay for itself.

So there are camps and trail rides to provide for, a root cellar to build, tipis to put up, weed removal, horses to exercise and ride, and more, and still more. It can be a bit of a challenge to figure out.

But in the middle of all that, I have to find a way to provide time for myself to rest, to sit back, to reflect. So this year, I'm going to something I have never done before. I'm going to schedule time to rest and put it on the calendar. I have to. People who just keep going and going burn out because we aren't energizer bunnies.

It's very hard to do because there is so much that needs to get done. But I must take the long view. Do I still want to be at the ranch when I'm sixty? How about seventy? Yes, I do want to be able to live on the ranch when I'm old--so I must give myself time now or else I won't be able to be here then.

So I guess it's back to the calendar...