Time for Change

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That's right folks. Its time for a change. This year has been a tough one for us health wise and it has occurred to me that it is time for change.

We need to change our whole way of life, and try something new and exciting and revitalizing.

Age and the consequential issues that come with it can creep up on us far too quickly. With that in mind I have decided to make a list of all the things we need to do to bring about real change in our lives. If this resonates with you your list will be different but it is still a list you need to make.

1. De clutter the house

If we decide down the track to move into town and a new house we do not want to bring all this accumulated over 50 years of stuff with us. The kids can come and remove their belongings which have been stored here since they moved out some 20 plus years ago. Our eldest is 47.

You get to a stage in life where you really have to shed some baggage and we have possibly left it a bit long. There are all the usual old excuses like, I might use that one day, it just might come in handy, you never know.

One day has come and gone and it is still there so now we have to be serious and pay to put it in the tip, give it away or take it to a charity shop. Our home has 9 rooms so doing one each day will see it de cluttered in just over a week.

Here's a good place to start. I don't even have a player to watch all these old videos anymore so they are out

2 De clutter the shed

Now the shed. That is a whole other story. This is my hubby's sanctuary. His den of clutter from having visited a lot of farm clearing sales over the years. They bundle a whole lot of junky stuff together and put one good thing in it and the farmer will buy the bundle to get the one good thing. The problem is all the junk gets stored and accumulates until eventually there is so much in the shed that he no longer can find anything nor does he even remember what he has I suspect.

I have asked him to go through and pick out a few good things that he really can't do without then we will put a notice in the local paper for people to come and help themselves to what is left. He has not agreed yet but I think he will.... eventually.

Where do you start?

3 Go away someplace really different for a holiday.

Wow would'not that be awesome. This man who has worked extremely hard all his life being able to relax enough to take a good holiday away from the farms. But we need to do that to clear our heads and detoxify the farm mindset out of our brains and learn to live and experience life in a new and fresh way.

Who knows it may even add years to our lives.

We need to go somewhere warm and scenic and quiet. If any readers have some suggestions we would love to hear them. . Leave a not in the comments below.

I was never going to marry a farmer but marry one I did. He was and is still a wonderful man who I still love deeply but his passion for farming has consumed him. He is showing and feeling his age now so I feel a certain sense of urgency about making the necessary changes in our lives. Note the lack of crowds in the picture below, that would have to be an important criteria in choosing somewhere special.


4 While away make a list of things we want to do

Its too difficult to do this at home because everywhere you look work beckons. There is a fence that needs fixing or a water trough running over or some calves that need marking and the list goes on.

We need to pretend that the farms don't exist and just focus on us and what we would like to do with the rest of our lives. It would be easy to work till we drop but not all that wise. There is so much more we need to see and do and being in our 70s I think it is time.

Its time for change:

Our home coming list may include things like

  • sell one farm
  • build a new house
  • help the kids financially
  • help a chosen charity or two
  • take regular holidays
  • develop new interests such as gardening, woodworking sewing etc.

Whatever it takes to effect change we need to do it now. They say you can take the boy out of the farm but you can't take the farm out of the boy. We are not going to do that as that would make my hubby very unhappy. We should just reduce the amount of land and cattle by half.

I would love to hear the thoughts of others who have had to make major adjustments in their lives.




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I believe you are off to a good start. Reduce the farm and cattle by half that way you aren't giving it up all the way. Decluttering the house and the shed is right on point. And taking a long holiday somewhere is it warm and you can think is also on point.

You are right it is time to relax and enjoy life for what it is and no more and no less. The kids are all grown up you did your jobs as parents now it is your time to enjoy and enjoy you will.

Mary

Thank you Mamar. My sentiments exactly. Letting go is the hard part because it means you have to acknowledge that we are getting older.
How have you been going in WA . I have missed all my old friends , but I am back with all cylinders firing. .

You are so very welcome. But letting go doesn't always mean that we are getting older it just means that we are getting rid of old things that we don't need anymore.

I am doing okay for the most-part working part-time for right now but doing okay. Thank you for asking I really appreciate that.

I am glad to see you are back and that is great.

Mary

One of the most important things you can do. The greatest liberation I had in my life was when I sold all my possessions and effectively became homeless. The 'stuff" was holding me back. Now I can work anywhere I desire without worrying about the material "stuff" putting barriers in your way.

Great attitude.Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
My hubby is of the school that selling property is going backwards. He has a need to be always growing the business so changing is difficult.

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