Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Forage this Week - not much has changed
Operation Independence
Main topic of the Show: Do your Homework
We haven’t had a hard conversation in a long time. You know the one I mean - the one I mean. The one where we are honest with ourselves.
Just got back from Rogue - got me to thinking about doing my homework (explain the coffee situation there and what we did)
Then starting thinking about SRF 1 and 2 and ways we could have better equipped sponsors, vendors and attendees with information in advance of the festival and realized we had more homework to do as well as a 9 hour drive.
I am very good at handling changing demands of an event with grace, but if I do my homework, there are fewer of these issues.
What do I mean by doing your homework?
The list is endless. And therein lies the rub. The key to finding success and easing your life by doing your homework is knowing which homework you truly must do.
If you don;t change your hvac filters, you end up with a huge mess.
Likewise, if you do not thank your sponsors or other supporters, you damage the relationship. And usually these kinds of problems stem from not doing your homework in advance.
Usually these things keep us from doing our homework:
All are excuses when you embrace who is in control of your life and schedule.
So how then, do we hold ourselves accountable while maintaining that all important health-relationship-work-fun balance?
From planning events, to executing things well on your homestead, to interacting with people better - homework is something that is easy to put off. Part of this is because we are expected to do things that are busy work - like filing our tax reports. And because things like taxes come with a heavy consequence if you do not do the busywork, we have become trained to not separate the true homework that is important from the busywork that it is easy to assign ourselves because we feel good when we do it. You know - that endorphin rush you get when you click things off your list?
But imagine what it is like when you DO set yourself up for doing your homework? Think of how SRF check in will be when we have everyone with parking passes in advance. When vendor spaces are on a map and assigned?
Or think of how easy it is to add people to your table when you have a plan for dinner and a deep pantry?
Or how about when you have a template email ready to go to confirm things?
All of these sorts of structures happen when you do your homework.
But you have to do it or it will never get done.
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Make it a great week!
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