Whelp. I turned 43-years-old yesterday, on July 3rd, and two days prior on July 1st, Mike & I became land owners. Though I like to think of us more as land caretakers. Land owners sounds a bit domineering. It also feels like an overall unrealistic title to claim, ya know, just in general.
After years of searching, and in spite of this really difficult real estate market, we found our landing place and home for Empty Mountain, our aspiring mindfulness practice center rooted in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. So it’s a happy birthday on a few levels!
I’ve been thinking about an angle for this post for a few days. But the truth is, I’ve been a maxed out and overloaded with the land search; living the van life in the varying hot/cold temps we’ve been having; navigating confusing land documents; and tending to logistics, that my writing for pleasure and also practice has been taking more of a side seat these past few weeks. I’m still penning poetry and keeping up with our blog on our Empty Mountain website (see EM blog here) and doing some journaling. So I’m definitely still in writing mode, but what I’m starting to consider is whether I need to make some adjustments. I mean, at some point, my saturation level will be met. I’m nearing the point of trying to keep too many plates spinning at once. I’m managing 3 Facebook pages; 2 blogs; 2 websites; monthly E-newsletters for 2 different organizations; and 2 YouTube pages. And now that we’ve moved onto our new land and nesting place for EM, which is sans wi-fi or cell service, I’ll be cramming all of this in when we come to town once a week and have access to the internet. Perhaps instead of posting here weekly, I’ll move to posting once or twice a month. So that’s a thing that might happen.
Adjustments are necessary in life. When circumstances change, I reckon we have two basic options: fight it and struggle or learn how to adjust. This is me practicing not to fight it. Everything is of the nature to change. It’s an on-going practice for sure.
going outwords & inwords 