At this house, we have a top-priority mission of supporting people to achieve their dreams and goals. Be it freeing themself from a “job” and making a deeper livelihood, working on a health goal, doing some inner work, using the quiet pared-down atmosphere to recharge, or whatever.
There is no work requirement here; a person’s “job” is to move forward with their own stated goals and dreams, intentions, plans. That is what we are here to support.
That said, oftentimes people do want to help, and it can be beneficial to the person as well as to the house. In my previous post I made a list of the most repetitive tasks around our house that anyone can do.
Here, I’m starting a list of our household tasks that require a little bit more knowledge and practice.
• The main extremely repetitive task is managing the rainbarrels and tubs. The rainwater is used in various ways around the yard, including watering plants and also putting water on concrete for evaporative cooling. In the wet season, water needs to be used steadily and deliberately in order to make room in the barrels and tubs for more rainfall. In the dry season, water needs to be stewarded carefully in order to tide us over til the rains come.
• Another repetitive task is trimming vines and other vegetation around the perimeter of the property so as to avoid encroaching on the sidewalk.
I’ll add others as I think of them.