I have that same book sitting next to me on my end table. I find it hard to concentrate on non-fiction reading now, but a good reminder to pick it up and start it again.
I find myself in less than my “ideal” living situation right now (after a divorce I left the home my ex and I had built from scratch with the wood stove and the solar panels and the super insulation and the market farm I had built on it). Now I live in a 1000 sq ft townhouse with no wood stove and no solar panels and a farming space a 10 minute drive away (but a far better second marriage). I am more privileged than 99.9% of the world, but it’s hard not to feel like it’s not enough. Because it’s not my ideal. But it is good. It is enough. Thank you for the re-framing.
I have that same book sitting next to me on my end table. I find it hard to concentrate on non-fiction reading now, but a good reminder to pick it up and start it again.
I find myself in less than my “ideal” living situation right now (after a divorce I left the home my ex and I had built from scratch with the wood stove and the solar panels and the super insulation and the market farm I had built on it). Now I live in a 1000 sq ft townhouse with no wood stove and no solar panels and a farming space a 10 minute drive away (but a far better second marriage). I am more privileged than 99.9% of the world, but it’s hard not to feel like it’s not enough. Because it’s not my ideal. But it is good. It is enough. Thank you for the re-framing.
This idea seems to be increasingly part of the alt zeitgeist. We covered it back in October: https://www.brunettegardens.com/p/never-let-the-perfect-be-the-enemy
Podcast version: https://www.brunettegardens.com/p/podcast-no-9-never-let-the-perfect#details