This coming Saturday is a special day for us. We’re looking forward to a BIG announcement at Triple Wren, and it fits really well as an announcement here in my personal feed too, because it flows out of my heart in an intensely personal way.

You know why? Because after years of hustling, I’m changing my approach. Jesus’ words about rest, wise counselors’ words about margin, the Holy Spirit’s still, small voice in my heart, my body/mind’s response to years of not enough sleep + adrenaline-fueled sprinting… all are harmonizing. Even my own personal growth to view rest as not selfish, not wasteful, not *nothing* is ripening and I’m finally ready to pace myself, to take my own advice and remember that I’m human.

This is working out in thousands of micro ways at home, in tiny, daily decisions, and it’s working out in macro ways as I step back from working so much IN the farm fields and working more ON the farm, behind the scenes. Don’t get me wrong – my hands are still in the dirt! I’m pruning hundreds roses this week and beginning the huge project of moving our perennial field (to make room for more dahlias!), BUT I’m doing it on a schedule. I’m making a plan, with boundaries for work AND play AND rest, and not allowing the work to rule my daily decisions.

It’s not that the work was so domineering (although it can be a crushing weight at any farm or small business!), but my *response* to the work has been the problem. I let it control my personal life, our family life, and my workaholic tendencies have been out in full force. I’m actually super happy in the moment when I’m digging through a mountain of challenging work, but it’s because I have tunnel vision for the work. This can be a big positive character trait when focus is required, but it can be a BIG negative when trying to balance the rest of life and work.

Please keep an eye here as I write and talk more this week about what’s coming, and WHY it’s coming, and please keep encouraging us as we walk forward in God’s grace! Thank you for your support, friends!