Personal Strategies for Success
This week's forum is an opportunity to offer and seek fresh perspectives on realistic and manageable goals.
Most permaculture practitioners design and build just their own properties while maintaining full-time jobs, caring for family and other obligations. No doubt the same is true among many of you as participants in this class. Some of us are using their permaculture skills and principles in daily work. Aswer some of these questions from your own situation.
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A very long time ago a friend shared a parable with me. It was back in the 60's, so naturally the main character was a guru. But of course it might be a priest, a rabbi, your wise grandparent or, perhaps even more likely, your therapist. And it goes something like this:
A man is searching...
Read the rest of this topicPardon me as I play catch up on assignments and forums! I have had some family medical emergencies the past couple of weeks and am finally in a space that I can focus some of my attention back to the course.
I have found that I tend to naturally think big picture goals, I see the beautiful end ...
Read the rest of this topicIt's easy to get attached to your original "dream" plan; however, something always comes up and new opportunities arise that change your focus and perspective. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that the entire design process is fluid. My design is a living concept, changing directions and...
Read the rest of this topicHello everyone, I have to say that your reminders about taking things one step at a time and keeping things simple have really helped to keep me from feeling overwhelmed lately.
A while back, I interviewed our garden volunteers, while we seeded onions and other early crops. We took some time to ...
Read the rest of this topicThe assignment to interview my site "clients" has been a good reminder that I need to take the time to be inclusive when developing my plans. (I have received this feedback at work too...I often move very quickly to problem-solve, and haven't always taken the time that I should to step back, ...
Read the rest of this topicLast week I got laid off from my job. I have two weeks left of pay and two weeks to figure out how to make money for my family. The ethic of Fair Share certainly is struggling to find its place in corporate America…even in the environmental industry, in which I have worked for the past 30 years! ...
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Completing the questionnaire and documenting the goals and criteria for my site helped to firm up all the tasks that were swirling around in my mind. These assignments were a good exercise that made me take a step back and carefully consider my objectives and how I would implement ...
Read the rest of this topicWithin my short time of following the idea/principles of permaculture I have come to realize that things just take time. During this design process at first I became frustrated with how many times I changed my design. After a lot of research on other well respected designers I soon began to ...
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