Goodbye 2015. Hello 2016.
Many look to New Year’s Day for a fresh start, but to me, it’s just another day. However, I do take the time to look back and reflect upon the year just past.
It was certainly a full year. My main greening activity were the workshops that Kim and I teach and running our online shop, however I still managed to keep the suburban food farm maintained and fruitful. Even the chookies are happy and healthy and still laying a couple of eggs each day. Who says small business needs to take over your life. We simply make time to fit in everything especially when it is important to us.
We certainly feel blessed to be sharing our journey with you all and we love our lifestyle.
It’s low stress, rewarding, joyful, sustainable, and of course frugal. Even by working four days a week in my corporate job and taking another pay cut, we are still managing to meet our mortgage payment goals, still putting food on the table, and still are able to pay our low energy bills. Thank goodness for solar and energy efficiency measures!
I’m still thinking about goals for this year, but one of them will definitely be to keep on top of maintenance around the place. I will list the goals once we finalise them in the next few days. Some will be personal, some will be geared towards our small business, but all will be important.
So here is to setting SMART goals. I think that setting goals are much better that some vague new year’s resolutions which are usually not time bound or attainable.
So to you dear reader, have a Happy New Year 2016 and may all your goals be achieved or at least started during this rotation around the Sun.
Thanks for reading in 2015, and see you in 2016.
Yours in greening,
Gavin x
Happy new year guys. It is just another day in so many ways but I guess everything needs a start and end point.
Here’s to a productive year, a year when everyone wakes up to the climate catastrophe we are perpetuating and a year of immediate change for the better to halt any further damage to our fragile environment.
And an excellent New Year to you as well Jessie!
I dream of the day that we all wake up and ramp up to the challenge of tackling climate chaos. COP21 was a good start last year, but there is so much to do with awareness of solutions that ordinary people like you and I can do in their own lives. x
Happy New Year to you both and hope you achieve more of your (sustainable) goals! I look forward to another year of your enthusiasm and inspiration.
Thanks Jenny! We will certainly do our best in 2016.
Happy New Year to you and it looks like another enjoyable year is ahead of you doing the things that you love and are passionate about. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge with the rest of the community. Regards Kathy A, Brisbane
Thanks Kathy for all your support during the year! Hope your cheese is maturing well. Happy New Year to you and yours. x
Here’s to a healthy and happy 2016 for us all !
Here, here!