Humorous Life Lessons
Stop Chasing Perfect & Enjoy the Ride
Your quest for the perfect life may be ruining the one you already have … and also ruining your garden.
I have a confession to make: I’m a recovering perfectionist.
Perfectionism has fucked with my life since I was just a child, and I am so over it.
Perfecting perfectionism, one neglected plant at a time
I was inspired by Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life! and his story about people over 50 suddenly getting into gardens.
I receive such a burst of hope and peace anytime I submerge myself into any little town’s creative nursery or garden shop. — Joe Guay
Same, Joe, same.
Only I’m more than just into visiting garden centers to look at all the pretty stuff; I tend to come home with plant babies. And roughly 76.3% of the time, I come home with plant babies and absolutely zero idea about where they’re going in my yard.
I’m more interested in the fun part — shopping for plants.
Digging and planting? That sounds like work to me. I simply want to enjoy the fruits of my shopping labor without … any additional labor…
