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Hunter Gatherer, Farmer and Gardener
23/01/2010
We are often told that humans were first 'Hunter-Gatherers' and later became less Nomadic as they turned to Farming. These are great metaphors for how we can 'Take Control of our Time'.
Until we have hunted out and gathered all our active commitments into appropriate baskets, bins, boxes, buckets and 'Next Physical Action' lists, we will be haunted by a sense of the unknown and the undone (see Blog on 'Unfinished Business'). Our quest must be to hunt and gather until absolutely everything has its place and there is a place for everything. Anything that ends up on a table, a pile, or dumped in a stack broadcasts to us one clear message:
- our system of buckets, boxes, baskets and bins is still not straightforward enough to the point where it is easier to put something in the right place rather than dump it in a pile.
Only when there is a place for everything and everything in its place can we evolve into our other roles as Farmers and Gardeners - to cultivate more of what we want in life, and to grow as human beings.
I don't want to be a 'doing', do you?
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