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Mar 27 (edited) • Seasons
How I Do Everything I Do (Without Burning Out)
Some of the questions I get the most are:
“How do you manage to do all of this?”
"When do you sleep?"
Art. Businesses. Community. Client work. Gardening. Life. Pets. Plants.
And the honest answer is…I don’t do it all at once... er sort of.
That’s the difference.
Perennial Planning isn’t about stacking more into your days. It’s about placing things into the right seasons of your year. Everything that I do lives on its own timeline.
Some things are in a growth season.
Some are in maintenance.
Some are resting completely.
And because of that~ they don’t compete with each other.
I’m not launching everything at once.
I’m not creating everything at once.
I’m not pushing every part of my life at full capacity at the same time.
Instead, I rotate~ just like a garden~
There are seasons where I’m deep in creation. Seasons where I’m focused on structure and backend. Seasons where I’m more visible and outward. And seasons where I pull back and recover.
That’s how things keep moving…without me breaking.
Perennial Planning lets you zoom out far enough to see the whole year~ so you can stop forcing everything into the same moment.
Because the truth is:
Trying to make everything happen at the same time is exactly what leads to issues in the first place. You aren't thriving when you're constantly in decision paralysis. Life is already hard, and sometimes more so than others; give yourself the grace and perspective to see what you can do to ease things around.
And nothing thrives like that.
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So when I talk about seasons, there are several different meanings.
Season of the year.
Season of myself.
Season of what the task/ project/ plan is.
Those 3 distinctions are important~!!!
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So right now for me~
Ramping up (Spring):
Gardening season is starting up~
Clients are moving in for landscape design.
Constants (Threads & Summer):
Community
Indoor plants
Pets
Personal art
Business
Winding Down (Autumn):
Outdoor market season is tapering off before the heat hits
Client projects are finishing and wrapping up
And here’s the important nuance:
Even if it feels like a ramp-up~ completion is actually a wind-down~!
Because once they’re done… they’re done.
They move into winter.
Into dormancy.
And with 5 client projects closing out, that creates space again~ for other things… including rest and self-care.
What's in (Winter):
For me, currently~ (though some things will be shifting soon)
Culinary works and writing (but this will shift to spring as soon as vegetables start rolling in more). Personal writing. House upgrades and updates.
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Now here is a really big part that a lot of people skip or overlook: Capacity~
We’re about to get radically honest.
I know I can handle a lot. I always have. But that doesn’t mean I can do that every day at full force.
So I don’t try to. I place anchors. And I build flow space around them~ before and after.
Recovery is planned.
Time where I don’t have to work…but can, if I choose~ as long as I’m also resting, resetting, and actually living.
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So instead of asking: “How do I fit this in?” "Where do I have the time for this?"
Try asking: “When does this belong?” "Does this fit in with right now?"
That little shift changes everything.
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How I Do Everything I Do (Without Burning Out)
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