This is the title of a conference that my daughter and I went to today. The first keynote speaker talked about her experiences in buying and running a farm in Pennsylvania, she was inspiring and at 62 is going strong! Some important issues for me to remember are:
a. throw out the negative actions and compormise less
b. Success equals happiness NOT $ means being sustainable not rich this is my goal
c. Reading, research, knowledge is all good, I need a place to jump in and make it work
We also heard the stories of 3 local ladies in the 'farming' business. One that works for a seed company (Osborns), another who was a field manager for a CSA with 300+ members and last an owner of a CSA in the City of Seattle (an acre and a half, very successful). Some very good information. The 2nd keynote speaker is an author on the sbuject of procrastination, a very good subject in connection to farming and the tug of war on time between house, children, gardens, animals, a possible outside job and marketing if product is sold. I take away from this lecture that the path in my home of downsizing is in the right direction. In the basement, I am going to implement setting aside 1 hour of time with NO distractions, No breaks and using a timer. Giving a reward for every hour is a bit of overkill and she said a pat on the back was too lame, I disagree. An accomplishment can be exciting if it's a job I don't want to do and overwhelming. The speakers were via the internet and the connection for the 2nd one was bad which took away from the lecture, her humor came thru fortunately because it was hard to keep the continuity going.
The dicussions after each lecture was also good, and hearing the experiences or questions of local women in farming left me with the knowledge we can do it in a man's world.
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