Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Me neither. Pretty impressive if you ask me.

GLC, imagine that instead of talking to yourself, you're talking to your best friend. She's changed her mind about two big things in her life. Would you be this hard on her with respect to these changes? Would you encourage her to see the positive aspects of these decisions? Would you encourage her to forgive herself for not living up to some self-imposed ideal? Would you encourage her to take pride in the maturity it takes to make positive changes in her life?

Now repeat after me: You ARE your best friend.
I've tried this approach before, but honestly, I hold myself to a higher standard than I hold my friends. I always have.

I do get what you all are saying and you are absolutely helping me.

Looking at what I did instead of what I didn't do is huge, too. Thanks you guys!

Our next adventure will be to learn all the sustainability things we didn't have time to do when we had animals. I'm looking forward to learning things like grey-water systems, solar power and herb gardening. Unfortunately, the process of getting from where we are now to where we are going is probably going to suck pretty royally, but I'm still convinced (most of the time) that we are making the right choice. I'm sure I'll be back to cry on some shoulders when we say goodbye to the goats.