Today's confession is that I've been struggling with productivity lately. I know that's something that I deal with every winter because I'm very much solar powered and it's very much dark out more than it's light this time of year. But I have several projects I wanted to tackle while the horses are having some down time this winter due to weather and I haven't been all that successful. (To be fair, they've really only been having down time since Christmas and I was away for a week.)
I'm one to stew on things though, and I've been trying to see if there's a reason I've been so unproductive other than just being lazy. And in fact there is! With the holidays and illness my barn worker has been out a lot. I think he only worked maybe two full weeks in the last six... So that means a lot more work for my aging body. And then I got to thinking that I must be somewhat deficient in some way if taking care of three horses is leaving me so wrecked. But then I stewed some more and realized that it's not just that. I'm a spinster. I live here alone. Manage the barn alone. Manage my home alone. All the things are my responsibility. And that can get a little exhausting sometimes.
So what do I do about that? A few things. First, appreciate that it's the down time and try to stop beating myself up about not doing more with the horses right now. They're fine. Happy even! (Though also unfit and losing top line rapidly...) Next, make a list of what I want to get done in the next few months. Then break those things up into small chunks. Little attainable tasks to be accomplished each week.
We shall see how it goes. Though this week I'm hoping to do some riding, so that all might have to wait until next week when it freezes back over up here.
Do you have similar struggles this time of year? I imagine it's more common for the northern folk where it's darker longer and also much colder. Any tips or tricks to combat it?
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