Ok friends, I’m busting out a series of posts over the next few days about how we “Plan for Success” here at Triple Wren. Yesterday I talked about a healthy definition for success and The Comparison Games <ouch!> and encouraged anyone ready to make a plan to spend time thinking about the WHY behind their goal(s).
Those whys are incredibly important to the planning process, and here’s…. why!
It’s February right now, and we live in the Pacific Northwest, and let me just tell you: it’s not lovely outside at my farm yet, and I’m not motivated to get to work in the mud! But I know that warmth and more light is coming, and I’m doing the essential behind-the-scenes work now to set up a great plan for all the processes that will happen this year at Triple Wren. With that in place, we can slide right into implementation by the time we hit late February and March, because we have a plan that we know will work. We know it will work partly because we have experience, but I’m here to tell you that even if this is your very first growing season, there’s time left to make a great plan for success in your gardening adventure this year, to work your plan, and to see the fruits of your labor come together into a thing of beauty.
The main thing I really want to challenge you with today is: don’t give in to fear.
Don’t be afraid to plan or let yourself be frozen by fear of mistakes or failure or lost time or lost assets or even of investing in the wrong things!
No matter your level of experience, it’s easy to be paralyzed by fear. I am afraid of different things now than I was in the beginning, but I *still* have to push aside my fear and decide that I’m going to make a plan. I’m going to fight towards making it happen with all my might. And I’m going to deal with the problems as they come up.
No venture is without conflict or without failure. But I’m going to choose again this year to just start and dig in and work through the conflict.
This tactic has served us really well at Triple Wren: Start where you are. Make an educated plan for what you want to achieve, and then march forward.
Start where you are. Make an educated plan for what you want to achieve, and then march forward.
I really needed to read this. Thank you! Especially fear of lost time/assets part. Fretting about what I didn’t do in the fall won’t help me move forward! Thanks again.
Hi Meghan! I’m so glad you found this helpful! I think the advice Sarah gives in this post is great advice, not just for cut flower gardening, but in all areas of life. 🙂 ~Kate with Team Triple Wren