Today’s episode is a short one about just doing the next thing.
You don’t have to have everything mapped out ahead of time. If you have a set of principles (permaculture) and a long-term, BIG vision (your Minimum Holistic Goal – aka your “10 Year Vision”), it becomes very easy to prioritize and act on the next most impactful thing, without having a master plan.
It’s the SAPA framework – Survey, Assess, Prioritize, and Act – a short acronum for a decision-making loop based on permaculture principles.
Survey (Observe And Interact), Assess (Integrate Feedback), then Prioritize and Act on things that you can complete in an appropriate time frame and that will pay you back a multiple of what you’ve invested.
If you feel overwhelmed with choosing your next thing to do in the evolution of your homestead towards greater self-sufficieny and self-reliance, start by getting your BIG vision outlined (I recommend this process).
From there, assess your survival needs and start with something small that can be completed in one hour (there is almost always some low-hanging fruit that you can literally complete in an hour or less that will increase your self-reliance or self-sufficiency for one or more of your core survival needs – this is permaculture principle #9: Choose Small-Scale, Intensive Solutions.
Then do it again tomorrow. And the day after that. And the next day, and so on.
This is how you will create your sovereign homestead that is a perfect reflection of what you value most and will provide you with the things you need the most to live your highest quality of life.
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