The Walden Effect: Homesteading Year 5. Farming, simple living, permaculture, and invention.

Measures of success

Onion heads just barely touchingThere is only one success, to be able to spend your life in your own way.
--- Christopher Morely


Getting to experience nearly every day with the person I love is what makes me truly rich.

Two hour lunchbreaks, excitedly brainstorming project ideas.  Full days in the garden working in synchrony.  Spur of the moment trips brimming with fun and laughter.

I watch our strengths together bypass our individual weaknesses.

The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a
rat.
--- Lily Tomlin



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