#64 5 Daily Practices to Survive Spring Planting Chaos
On our farm, it feels like spring planting is getting started late. In reality we are not THAT late, nonetheless, I am anxious about it. We have something scheduled every weekend in May, this means I will have to leave the farm and do the activity. This gives me farmer guilt, it’s similar to “Mom-guilt” where you feel like you can’t be away from your kids or else you are an anxious mess, while simultaneously knowing that you are your best self when you get away. This boils down to a whole lot of anxiety on my part.
If we could get a good inch of rain every Friday night in May, everything would work out perfectly!
Since I don’t live in lala land the following list are 5 things I am committing to doing every day so that I can manage my anxiety, my house and the springtime chaos without losing my mind.
5 Daily Practices to Survive Spring Planting Chaos
1. Do one load of laundry and one load of dishes every day
2. Take a mindful minute and remember why I love farming
3. De-escalate a trigger-For me this is that I have to have at least one clean countertop in my kitchen. Another trigger for me is when I don’t get my “must do list” done so for me de-escalating a trigger looks like doing the most important things first.
4. Have a mantra for when things don’t go as planned. If it’s a change in my plans for the day, I say something like “I am flexible, I can adapt and change” if it’s a breakdown or problem I say something like “Ope there it is, good thing we are prepared”
5. Improve your communication -group texts, morning meetings, etc.
Here are a few episodes that may help if you want to dig deeper into this.
Episodes #22 is about field meal hacks
# 7 is about how to ask for help
# 59 is 13 ways to Cope with Stress and Lower the Stress Response
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