Feeling Overwhelmed

 I haven't really looked around the garden for the past month. It's been too hot or raining very heavily, the kind of weather I try to avoid.

I decided to have a quick look this evening. I wish I hadn't!

The one good thing I found few more blueberries. I thought they had finished! 

Another bag of blueberries

There are still some that aren't ripe, so maybe another bagful.

The garden is overgrown again. All the work we did there has been lost. 

I think it needs to be done constantly! The way we've done it is to focus for a few weeks and then do nothing for a few weeks. I guess that doesn't work. 

The weeds are back.

Not doing things constantly or consistently is really my problem. In all areas of my life, I make the same mistake. I'll start something, for example, studying Japanese, make a good go at it for a while, but then stop for whatever reason, and I always have a good excuse, too busy, too tired, or just fed up!

After seeing the garden, I realized that I have to change that habit. I have to follow up on the things I'm doing, not just daydreaming about things, but taking action to make things happen.

Tomorrow is my birthday, a good day to start some new habits. Not a lot of things to start with, but something that I need to do to live a better life. One is exercise, find a routine that fits my lifestyle. Another is Japanese study, do a few minutes every day and do the garden, again a few minutes in the morning!

I'll try to revisit this post in a month! I hope I've made some progress.