I am so sore, I can not sit down with out my quads screaming at me, I am sweating and exhausted but I have never felt so good! This is the first week of working out with a trainer and following a high protein-eat every 3 hours-oh no, not more chicken-diet. My sugar cravings are almost non-existent which is huge for me-really huge! Even better than the lack of cravings, the prospect of loosing weight and being in better shape is what this has done for my mind. I am calm and centered and HAPPY. Endorphins are a wonderful thing. Last week I was so far in an emotional hole, no- PIT-that I was having a hard time seeing my way out. But I'm back now!
This calm centered state of mind is helping me to re-assess where we are with our search for land, or maybe I should say search for a simpler lifestyle. Yes we need to make some changes to our way of living-but do we need to have 40 (or more) acres in the middle of nowhere to accomplish this? Maybe the roadblocks we have reached are a way of fate/higher power/karma telling us this is not our path?
Our goals for this family: 1) spend more high quality time with the girls
2)Hmmm, I am stuck for what come next-the girls are the key!
3) Not being completely dependant on the industrial agricultural machine
4) Not completely dependant on oil/coal for our energy needs
5) Buying stuff does not equal happiness.
I can do all of those thing right here!
I will let go of the forty in the woods for now. The things I CAN and NEED to focus my energy on now are financial and personal fitness, not beating myself up because I do not knit my own socks, homeschool my kids or make sauerkraut! :p (But kudos to those of you who do!)
K
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I'm glad you commented, I can't believe I hadn't found your blog before this!
We seem to have a lot in common! You probably know from CRF that I am really good at beating myself up for not knitting socks (I've given up on that one!)
It's inspiring to hear you are finding another focus. So key!
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