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🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode 55 of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.
As spring approaches and the farm springs back to life, it can feel like we're climbing that first hill on a roller coaster ride, just waiting for that stomach drop and lurching wild ride that is exciting, but also oh so overwhelming. With this looming threat of overwhelm on the horizon, I'm here to share strategies for navigating life with awareness and purpose.
Join me as we explore the importance of setting balanced and reasonable goals, embracing mindfulness as a tool for managing overwhelm, and creating a life that aligns with our deepest values and desires.
I'll share insights into my own journey of transitioning from a hectic, overwhelmed lifestyle to one characterized by intention and grace. By making a five-year plan with realistic expectations and intentional goals, we can ensure that we're using our resources wisely and building sustainable habits for the future.
We'll discuss the power of dreaming big and planning for projects, spaces, and skills that align with our long-term vision. And we'll explore practical strategies for prioritizing our goals, creating sustainable routines, and letting go of things that no longer serve us.
Remember, mindset matters. By taking responsibility for our choices and focusing on what's within our control, we can cultivate a life that's intentional, fulfilling, and full of purpose.
So let's embrace life on purpose together, one intentional step at a time. Tune in to discover how you can live a more intentional life and achieve your long-term goals with grace and intention.
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0:00.0 | Hey, y'all, welcome back to the Roots and Refuge podcast. |
0:09.7 | I am your host, Jessica Sauerz. |
0:11.3 | My friends call me Jess, and I hope you will too. |
0:13.9 | And I'm so happy to have you here with me on my podcast today, |
0:16.8 | where we talk about all things, food growing, homesteading, raising animals, growing gardens, |
0:22.6 | preserving that food, preparing it, enjoying it, as well as just trying to live a little more |
0:27.4 | mindfully with each other and with the earth. I post new podcast episodes every Wednesday |
0:32.5 | on all major platforms and every Wednesday our patrons over on Patreon get the episode a week early. |
0:41.2 | Today I want to talk about something that I have talked about before and I think that I will |
0:45.2 | probably address this topic every spring as long as I have any sort of platform or voice |
0:51.5 | whatsoever in the homesteading sphere. |
0:57.9 | And I want to touch a little bit on overwhelm. |
1:03.8 | Now, I have done a podcast in the past around this time of year on the subject of overwhelm. |
1:09.1 | I think that podcast episode was called like dealing with overwhelm on the homestead. |
1:12.2 | Today I want to kind of have a very similar conversation maybe with a little bit of a different focus which is to say how do you manage life |
1:18.3 | intentionally when overwhelm is totally knocking at your door it's currently late february |
1:25.2 | and here in the midlands of south carolina that means that spring has sprung a little bit. |
1:31.7 | Now obviously it's still wintertime. It froze last night. |
1:35.3 | We're definitely not in the throes of spring, but the trees are budding. |
1:39.8 | The dormant plants are starting to peek through. |
1:42.0 | Yesterday I saw the very tip of an asparagus stalk |
1:46.7 | breaking through the surface of the soil so that's kind of one of my tells that spring is just here |
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