The Life Doula: Seeds

 New Years resolution.....how's that going. So you wiped the slate clean started a new and it was all going swimmingly, until you had few to many visitor and social obligations. My/Our New Years Resolution was to keep the house super clean and cut out refined sugar.

Last week I managed to sort out my desk and this week I've got a new filing system together. The dishes are done and the washed clothes are still waiting in a pile to be folded, next to a selection of wares we don't need and should sell, give away or maybe burn (we aren't going to burn it). Who can be tidy when there is work in progress?

January is a tough month, in the northern hemisphere cabin fever begins to take hold and the Christmas hangover can be reeling with colds and other ailments manifest while you bravely attempt the to do list. Southern hemisphere your wondering where your holiday went and in both spheres you can bet your last dollar you've spent it before the next pay day is due. Here in February we are still paying the price for all the good fun we were having. You deserve all the fun, food and laughter you can get. You worked hard for it and you enjoyed it. Now you are doing what you have to do and reigning in the spending. You're an adult that is what you do.

Christmas is a feast and as Scottish girl I thoroughly believe that it was invented as a means of midwinter survival. I believe that back in the day you couldn't store fresh food that long and at the appropriate time everybody agreed to come out of hibernation to share what food remains and to eat it all before it begins to rot. Doing this in the middle of winter ensured that everyone has enough body fat to burn to make it to spring. It is in essence a celebration of communal life and healthy co-dependency.

So use this time now to prepare for the spring, when you are ready to hunt, plant and harvest. Think about what you want to grow, how and where you want to grow it and most importantly who you want to share it with when it's all done for another year.

It's time to make way for something new.