Lisa MatthewsSep 3, 2018advice, balance, education, homesteading, lifestyle, time management
Overwhelm is debilitating. Let me repeat that, OVERWHELM IS DEBILITATING! What does that mean? Well, it means different things to different people, but according to Merriam-Webster, overwhelm means “1 : upset, overthrow. 2 a : to cover over completely :...
Lisa MatthewsOct 24, 2017advice, balance, family, health, homesteading, lifestyle, stress, time management
Many homesteaders choose the lifestyle, in part, to leave the chaos of the modern world behind. I admire that philosophy, but after more than 50 years of living a country life, with some periods more “homesteady” than others, I also chuckle. It may be a...
Lisa MatthewsAug 11, 2016advice, balance, family, homesteading, lifestyle
I would love to say I have a wealth of Wisdom, but actually, this post is more about aging and my observations of the changes that aging makes on the homesteader than real wisdom. Some say with age comes wisdom, and that is true to a point, but there are so many...
Lisa MatthewsMar 30, 2016advice, balance, Easter, family, green house, homesteading, planting, spring., stress, Uncategorized
This previous week has been an ever changing series of events. At times I’ve wanted to cry, occasionally I have laughed, and more frequently than my Mama would be proud of, I have cursed! In dealing with a multitude of events, and trying to make sure we are...
Lisa MatthewsJan 10, 2016advice, balance, homesteading, lifestyle, Uncategorized
In my last post of December 2015, I spent some time reflecting on some struggles that I have been having since Papa got sick last summer, and began looking at the ways I had let myself get off balance. I had gotten off balance with myself, off balance with our life...
Lisa MatthewsJan 1, 2016balance, homesteading, lifestyle, stress, Uncategorized
Today has been a challenging day, to say the least. As I sit tonight, on the last day of 2015, and think about the day, and the past year, I began searching for balance. Balance has been missing for me for awhile. It has been a trying year, full of wonderful events...
