Talking to a friend of mine last week, who’s heading out to the Scottish Isles, our chat turned to the practice of “crofting” and its undeniable inconvenience.
Hhmm!
Odd, then, that so many of us hanker for an organic smallholding somewhere far, far away. Crofters can’t pack it up quickly enough, and yet, the rest of us dream of an idyllic lifestyle of self-sufficiency. Convenience leads to boredom and monotony; inconvenience to trials and tribulations.
And just like so many things in life, it’s all or nothing – a life of seeking out one or the other. Of course, there is an answer, and that’s intentional design – a dash of inconvenience and a lump of convenience, or however else you want to slice it.
The truth is few of us spend any time thinking through our lives as a project in process. When was the last time you sat and looked at the assumptions you hold, the constraints that confront you, or the resources that are available to you? My guess is not at all.
I’m not off to take up crofting anytime soon, but I invite you to challenge your ideas around a desire for convenience and the real need for inconvenience in our lives.