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Reclaiming the Natural Rhythms of Life
For much of my working life, productivity had a very specific shape. It meant sitting at a desk, first in front of a typewriter and later in front of a computer, moving from one task to the next and accomplishing something I could point to at the end of the day. Somewhere along the way, I became so accustomed to that way of working that I think I lost touch with some of the more natural rhythms of life. For years, I spent my days in front of a screen. In the last several years of my working career, I was creating social media content, moving from platform to platform…
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Small Batch Living in an Information Age
Information overload and the lost art of quiet living may not seem like topics that belong on a homemaking and self-sufficiency website. Yet the more I think about it, the more I realize they are connected to nearly every aspect of modern life. We carefully consider what we stock in our pantries, what we preserve for future use, and what we bring into our homes. We declutter closets, organize cupboards, and look for ways to simplify our lives. Yet many of us give very little thought to what we allow into our minds. Every day, we consume a steady stream of news, social media posts, videos, podcasts, emails, advertisements, and…
