For me 2017 was a year of evolution. I feel like I gained a lot of confidence in my beliefs and myself through this year. My husband and I went from working in separate places to working together on the farm. To say, 2017 had a lot of change would be so true. When I started thinking about what I wanted my philosophy for 2018 to be, I had to think about it. I decided to continue up a mindset I started working on in 2017 and a friend gave me the perfect words for it.
If it isn’t hell yes, then it’s hell no.
I have always worked hard to keep myself busy. I always thought keeping myself busy was the best. Now that I’m a parent and a farm owner I realize needlessly busy is exhausting and not rewarding. I love to be involved in our community and sharing my story online. When these things become overwhelming the wheels usually fall off. My hope is in 2018 I can continue to work on saying no to things I don’t want to do. I hope to keep organizing myself so I can do a better job on the things I am involved in. I want my daily work to reflect what my goals are and I want to push the fear aside to get there.
I’m hoping by only working on things I am passionate about I will have more time for my family, this blog and the farm. With hopefully having more time to write and be creative. The bra company ThirdLove has encouraged me to take a break from traditional resolutions and I wanted to share my ‘un-resolution’ for this year. Instead of vowing to take on more opportunities, I’m going to work on focusing only on the projects that I’m truly passionate about. I’m letting go of feeling guilty for saying no to the things I only feel obligated to do. The pressure to be perfect and participate in everything is always going to be there, but this year I’m going to try my best to rise above that. Do you have an un-resolution or a traditional resolution you’ve decided to ditch this year?
Is there something else you want to know about? Is there a question you have always wanted to ask a farmer? I would love to work on that for you. You can email me at messykennedy@gmail.com.
Thank you for being with me on this journey and I can’t wait to share more.
