Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Liz <liz@allslash.org>]

At 06:51 AM 5/28/2008, you wrote:
> This points out my
> own conundrum.  What, exactly, is going to change in such a way as
> to reduce the stress and busyness?  In order to have time and energy
> to do the things we should, we will have to do less overall. 
> Voluntary simplicity sounds like a very desirable concept, but I struggle
> with what I might "give up" in order to gain a bit of
> peace.

Same here. I finally did give up a substantial section of the area I was
working in, regardless of the loss of income, and it turned out to be the
best decision in more ways than one. Less time on the road, less overall
stress, and I did it just before the gas prices began to skyrocket. That
extra income would have been eaten up in the extra cost of gas.

>  
> I have found that a better diet and more exercise makes me
> more fit, but increased energy is immediately consumed by opportunities
> that await.  I, and I expect others as well, simply work to
> exhaustion each day, no matter what, leaving many desirable things
> undone.
>  
 
Yes, I think this is true of an awful lot of people nowadays. I wonder
sometimes whether the collapse of society might not be a huge relief in
some ways!

Liz in SW VA
http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com