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Linn Thorstensson's avatar

This really resonated with me Astrid. I read Braiding Sweetgrass and loved it and have also recently been thinking about the seasons and the seasonality of life. Some thoughts around this is related to aging also.

But I agree with you it also exists in our businesses. And like you I feel it frees me up to think about my work & business like this. I think as self employed or becomes even more important to move towards a cyclical way of thinking about time because it is so much more unpredictable than when you have a paid job. In that situation linear thinking and linear time lends itself easier.

If I was to reflect on where my own business is right now, I would say early Spring. Coming out of a slow & resting / slightly dormant season I am now in the space of planting new seeds & bulbs, clearing and tidying up but yet not is an abundance / harvest season.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I'm a longtime business owner, and I've learned this lesson about cyclicality the hard way, by gnashing my teeth against the slower times for probably the first ten years I was in business. It took a really long time to see that there's a lot of benefit to being slower, and you can consolidate a lot of the improvements you've made during the busy times, so they stay in place for the next rush. This is good stuff.

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