spreadsheets

Here it is January, and we need to be planning for the next season, and so far, we have reached clarity about two things: We need a better filing system, and we need to organize our finances.

I find very little romance in this.

I want to plan our garden and arrange for internships so we can learn how to work with cattle. I want to put up a website and start marketing chicken! I want to prepare for selling home-canned tomato sauce at the Farmer’s market! But no. Finances it is. We want to have a good foundation in place so that when we get overwhelmed with farming work, we can be well enough organized to stay afloat. As a teacher from our Farm Beginnings class said, you want to learn aikido before someone surprises you in a dark alley. That sounds more dramatic and intriguing than working with spreadsheets.

God give me patience.