For Free vs. A Gift

There’s an experienced difference if I do something“for free” or as “a gift” – even if we don’t notice it as the giver or the receiver. Think of a cup of coffee. A well-roasted coffee has a value expressed by the price tag on it – including all the resources, skills, work, and care that …

Regeneration is about everyday steps.

Regeneration.  We “know” what to do. We have all the information. And still don’t do it. We want to connect to our place.Get to know the people we are living and working with.But we just feel alone. Regeneration is…getting back into relationship with us, our environment, our people around. Regeneration is…about everyday steps. down to earth.towards our quality of life. …

Your journey is your journey. – Midlife reflection Part 2

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.  …

Give kindness to yourself. – Midlife reflection Part 1

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 …

As well as.

For the longest time, I thought | just had to find the *right job*, the right field of work, and that would be it. I would just get really good at it and stay with it. But I never dia. After a couple of years of immersion in each field, I always moved on. And …

Between years.

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 …