I have friends that live off-grid. They have land, animals, crops, and water. I see them posting the cool projects they create, such as wind-powered chicken coups and solar sprinklers. Meanwhile, I live in a suburbian off-shoot…

My work life keeps me so busy that I rarely even think about what I will post on this blog next. And when my wife opened the blinds to the backyard, I realized it’d been months since I have set foot back there.

In my defense, I was able to have a garden last year, but it suffered greatly as work got busy. And this is where I see the problem; I have never figured out how to make my work productive enough to support everything I want to do…