Do you dread working out in the yard? Are you too busy to do everything that needs to be done so you don't really enjoy the time spent gardening or mowing your lawn? Even if you have someone taking care of things around your yard, you might want to take back some of those chores before we're done talking here. Here are a few things for you to think about if you are interested in gardening or hoping to get back into this cool little hobby.
I think you realize that there is a part of you that misses and need to be out there digging around in the dirty. It is simply a part of being human to wish to connect with nature from time to time and feed this desire that dwells within each of us. In the past, you would have grown most of your food yourself and your days would have been spent entirely working outdoors to either grow food, store food or plan to grow food again once the winter had passed. By avoiding this part of your human nature, there is a chance that you're missing out on a part of life that you might not think that you need.
Of course, we're all busy these days. We all work too much and the nature of our society these days tears us away from what we are programmed to do. We work in offices; spend hours and hours a week in a car commuting to and from work. If we have children, we're shuttling them to soccer practice or ballet lessons. So, to have someone do the brunt of the yard work sometimes makes sense. While yard work can be a chore, feeling as if you are forced to do it makes that time spent outdoors less enjoyable rather than more enjoyable.
I really want you to take some time this week and do something to get your hands dirty in your garden or yard. You don't have to go crazy and kill yourself trying to make everything perfect. It doesn't have to be a big thing. Even tending to one flower bed in an area that you can see every day would be a great little project that is manageable.
As creative beings, it's part of us to want to make things and nurture things. This could be a family, a relationship, having children or tending to a small garden or flowerbed. If you are an apartment dweller, you can still have a little flowerbox where you can plant some flowers. There's nothing holding you back. Just try to feed that inner desire to nurture and create and you might find that your life and your attitude towards life make a shift thanks to a little gardening or landscaping.
I think you realize that there is a part of you that misses and need to be out there digging around in the dirty. It is simply a part of being human to wish to connect with nature from time to time and feed this desire that dwells within each of us. In the past, you would have grown most of your food yourself and your days would have been spent entirely working outdoors to either grow food, store food or plan to grow food again once the winter had passed. By avoiding this part of your human nature, there is a chance that you're missing out on a part of life that you might not think that you need.
Of course, we're all busy these days. We all work too much and the nature of our society these days tears us away from what we are programmed to do. We work in offices; spend hours and hours a week in a car commuting to and from work. If we have children, we're shuttling them to soccer practice or ballet lessons. So, to have someone do the brunt of the yard work sometimes makes sense. While yard work can be a chore, feeling as if you are forced to do it makes that time spent outdoors less enjoyable rather than more enjoyable.
I really want you to take some time this week and do something to get your hands dirty in your garden or yard. You don't have to go crazy and kill yourself trying to make everything perfect. It doesn't have to be a big thing. Even tending to one flower bed in an area that you can see every day would be a great little project that is manageable.
As creative beings, it's part of us to want to make things and nurture things. This could be a family, a relationship, having children or tending to a small garden or flowerbed. If you are an apartment dweller, you can still have a little flowerbox where you can plant some flowers. There's nothing holding you back. Just try to feed that inner desire to nurture and create and you might find that your life and your attitude towards life make a shift thanks to a little gardening or landscaping.
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