Washing and other conflicting tasks

It's the little jobs that eat up your time

Since jumping on the farming train, one of the challenges we have found is balancing the needs of the house versus the demands of the farm. I believe this is a common issue and everyone handles it differently. I have been into some homes who just don't worry about the house, and it is clear by the grit and grime indoors, that the farm is the focus.

Wishing the washing would hang itself out

 I must admit I couldn't live like that, but I do understand how easy it is to get there.

Farming is so demanding and it seems the list just never ends. So how do we manage to rebuild a farm, work, raise a teenager, support an elderly parent and keep the house respectable?

• BE FLEXIBLE
• Keep looking at the BIG picture
• Take ONE day at a time
• Expect EVERYTHING to take at least twice as long as you expected
• Find JOY in the hard tasks
• Take time to CELEBRATE the smallest success
• SHARE the journey with others (whoever is keen to don the workboots or grab the mop)
• Don't be ashamed to ask for HELP
• Have a BREAK
• Try not to multi-task e.g. Cooking risotto while blogging = BURNT dinner! 
• LAUGH and when needed, cry
• Drink wine (or bourbon)
• SLEEP

We were wrecked by the time these drinks were opened, after fueling a large bonfire, which lasted 8 weeks!