Everything hurts. I crawl down from the upper bunk bed and try to loosens some of the stuff muscles I didn’t even know existed. I can barely lift my left leg. My hip flexor, or whatever that muscle is called, is totally overstrained. My neck is stiff, my head hurts. Wow. Clearly, a rest day. …
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The mountain wasn’t happy. I was shuffling against wind, fog, snow, and rain. I couldn’t see much. I was so new to skiing that the bad visibility made me either fall or continue snail-like slow. For hours, I followed red crosses. „I must be there soon“, I thought. The lack of signs got me a …
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Sometimes you wake up or stop in your tracks and everything you did in the past year seems like a distant past, like a different self, like a dream. This morning is one of these days. For the last 5 years, I worked in regenerative agriculture, around management, as well as very hands-on. Like this …
I remember the night when I found it. I had looked at the night sky for years, maybe for decades, but always needed someone else to point it out to me. That night was different. After a really good community event, we went for a night walk. It was one of these amazing, clear night …
Experience. We learn through experiences. We change how we do things or even adapt our worldview through experiences. We can relate to others when we have similar experiences as they do. There is only so much that we can learn or use from information. If we don’t make it into an experience, it stays something …
So, what is Holistic Planned Grazing? Is it Mob Grazing, is it AMP grazing? Is it rotational grazing? But it’s definitely not continuous grazing or? The answer is yes and no. Most of the above are systems with a set of rules or guidelines that might work better or worse in your specific context. Planning …
The last 6 days, I spent in Spain at an advanced, deep dive workshop into Holistic Management. Three different ecoregions with four different farming operations to see and listen. Seeing what different tools like (over)rest and (over)grazing do in brittle and non-brittle environments just 50 km apart was fascinating yet again. The more brittle the …
It’s 04:30, and I can’t sleep anymore. I’ve been lying awake for an hour, listening to the wind outside the van and to the whirlwind of thoughts inside my head. I am back in Germany for less than 24 hours, and my brain is completely overstimulated. The intensity of conversations, the people, the city, its …
Coming back from the off-grid hike in the very north of Sweden, I also came back with a fresh look at my digital work. When I sat on the bus back from the hike, I was almost scared to be back in mobile service. To be present again on platforms like this here. Why am …
The heaviness of the last day sets in. I don’t really wanna go back but my ankle tell me it’s okay. Six days with a heavy backpack, barefoot shoes, and a summit try was enough for now. It is crazy how I needed 4 days to actually get into the groove, rhythm, and balance for …
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