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Have you heard that fall is the new January, as in; we tend to get back on track and set up new routines after the summer season is over or once the kids go back to school. Or in the case of harvest, you could be in full work mode, so there is no time to think about much other than to be in action mode. Otherwise, it might be a good time to set up a few new systems and figure out how you want to end the year and make plans for next season. In any event, there is lots to think about and do.
How we think plays a big role in our day-to-day happiness. Are you feeling content, fulfilled, and safe in your life? Do you try to spend time with people who matter the most to you and do things you love to do? (As much as possible anyway.)
If you are thinking and planning for next year, what are your ideas, dreams or goals? Think about what is really important to you? What is the one thing that you have been putting off doing or maybe that item you’ve been putting off isn’t really that important to you anymore and you can wipe it from your list?
Here’s a challenge for you. Think of four things that you want to do before the end this year. Try to bring some balance into your life and include areas of work, family, physical and emotional. Is there something you want to initiate in your business, an education piece that you want to learn to add to your skills, or a trip that you have wanted to take? These things can be large or small, simple or involved. I’d be curious as to what you decide.
Inside this edition there are people who have taken big leaps, they’ve had dreams and taken action. Industry veteran Harry McWatters and his new Time Winery, Ian MacDonald, President of Liquidity Wines and David Geen of Coral Beach Farms who is expanding the cherry orchard and packing business to the north Okanagan. We also explore the challenges of farming around residential communites.
I hope you enjoy reading all that there is inside as much as we’ve enjoyed bringing it to you.
Enjoy the magazine!