Two friends of mine sent me the link to this NY Times article during the week - The Busy Trap. It's a great read.
I really relate to this - what all successful parents do before breakfast. I started doing it when I realised I could get a few extra hours into my day when I was studying. Now, well, I still do it.
Backyard farmers by necessity. - You Tube. What a great couple!
This is a lovely blog - Allotment Adventures with Jean. Have a look at the rolling compost maker down the page.
These people are living off the grid. It's interesting seeing how different, yet similar, it is.
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This blog, Little Home in the Country, is written by one of the wonderful moderators at the forum. I direct you there not because I'm mentioned in this post but because it's a beautiful lesson in following your heart.
Prairie Harmony is a member of the forum and is such a sweetie. She'll be surprised by her inclusion here but I watch and I learn.
Kev is a new to me reader of my blog. I like his blog - An English Homestead. It's great to see more men getting into this way of living and now we can encourage him along with our comments.
Hey thanks for the link! I really enjoy reading your blog - and like you say it's great to have comments, it's surprised me how motivating it is to have people interested in what I do.
ReplyDeleteThanks again
Kev
Very happy to have found your blog, i suspect by your definition of 'simple living' your posts will be right up my alley! max x
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links!! I loved the NY Times article, it is so true, and I think we do spend too much time being 'busy'....time to re-think! Have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you Rhonda for linking up to Sherri's post on her Little Home in the Country blog...such a heartfelt post I relate to..
ReplyDeleteWhat a good read from NY Times on being busy.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be busy. It take a lot of thought
to stay focused on what's important. I pray that I
will live a life of meaning...not doing.
Thanks, Rhonda!
I love the weekend reading, usually curl up on the couch in my "nest" on Friday night, it is easy tea night and I watch Move to the Country and read some of the blogs you have left for us, sort of finishes of my week. I really want to go back and have a good read about Jean's allotment.We currently live of a 1/3 acre block with fruit trees, vegies and chooks, only a few more years left to work I cannot wait to stay home and "play" all day.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rhonda for the link to my blog. I enjoyed the other links... some very good reading there :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rhonda. It's always good to have some new blogs to check out. Have a lovely weekend. Xxoo
ReplyDeleteThanks for putting up these links, so nice to have found Kev's Blog, I'm going to be a regular follower of it now, he's already up on my sidebar.
ReplyDeleteSue xx
Great links and I enjoyed the article at the times until he said God created work as punishment which is totally contradictory to the Bible...to work is a blessing and that kind of ruined it for me. However it is a interesting read.
ReplyDeleteDear Rhonda. Thank you so much for the link to my blog. I had a real start when I clicked onto it this morning and realised that the 'hits' on my blog had doubled overnight! Best wishes from Jean.
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying reading this weekend reading list! I always enjoy visiting new blogs and sites and appreciate the recommendations you have. What a wonderful way to meet others. I am very surprised that you included me here!!! Delightfully of course. Thank you so very much I am humbly thankful. You are such a blessing as always to myself and so many others. Hugs :)
ReplyDeleteI'm busy. I think when someone says "busy" in this day and age, I think they might mean "unhappy". I DO have a "Richard Scarry book" job, yet know that when I'm not teaching, I'm busy, not productive. This year, I've gone from go-to girl to 100m behind everyone else, batches of the blues and (gasp) my first grey hairs. The article mentions institutional self-delusion, and I know that I'm constantly being told that if I don't prioritise everything at once, the world will fall apart. I don't want to become one of the people in the article who have to completely remove themselves from their environment in order to be happy, but I understand why it's happening. It might even have to happy to me soon, too.
ReplyDeleteOh, and another idea similar to the first:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/carl_honore_praises_slowness.html
TED talks are great!