Podcast Episode Details

Reflection on Month 1 Balance

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Season 4 Episode 391

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Today, we discuss how the first month of a year focused on balance went and lessons learned to roll forward into my life.

Event Highlights

• Rogue Food Conference, June 5
• Phireon Launch in Florida - join their network for more information

Tales from the Prepper Pantry

• Increase on preparing Holler Neighbor Meals with Holler Stores
• "Fast Food"
• 1st lettuce harvest
• Shelving Dreams

Operation Independence

• Shifting from month in review to month in advance
• 3 event fridges for $300
• Rental Challenges

Main topic of the Show:

Balance

It seemed like the perfect word going into 2021. After a year of growth through a very challenging environment, balance is the obvious next step. Do I want a life where I work all the time and make no time for the other things I enjoy? What about my health and nutrition? What about creating a beautiful place to live? What about my friends and relationships?

Yes. Balance.

I started January full of starry-eyed hope and set out a plan where I journal at the end of each day, set the plan for the next day. My aim has been to work very hard on certain days of the week, leave other days open, and almost never do "business" work on the weekends.

A good walk of my dogs takes about an hour. There are 24 hours in a day. Therefore I should be able to walk my dogs just about every day and both they and I will be happier and more productive.

To support this, I made a few changes:

1. I hired in someone to clean my house every other week, as well as added someone to help with coffee orders once a weeek (goal, simplification)
2. I looked over all my processes with an eye toward automation
3. I looked for things that take lots of time and don't move me forward

My morning routine got a face lift too

1. Reading time for learning
2. Tidying time
3. Then start the day's activities which were written up the night before

But I got most of my stuff done in January - those things important to me:

• Regular podcasts
• Participating in the Greater Reset
• Successful LFTN Spring Workshop Launch
• Year over Year growth of Holler Roast Coffee
• Lots of debt paid off
• The roasting camper sold
• 6 months of tax data prepared for the CPA
• A successful regional freedom cell event
• Personal documentation developed
• A second old vehicle obtained as backup for my primary old vehicle
• 7 lbs shed

Some things I have learned about balance in the last four weeks:

1. No.
2. The Walk Away Method.
3. Published on 4 years, 10 months ago