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Posted on July 29, 2017December 31, 2017 by Tread Lightly, Retire Early · 12 Comments

Microlending and the intention-action gap 

I don't know if it's because I'm turning 30 this year, or because my son is getting older and I'm getting some time back in my life, but I have been looking deeply at a lot of areas of my life. While I may not have a "before I turn 30" bucket list like I've…

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I have no blog post for today, just the prayer that we said out loud "together" (via Facebook Live) at @salthouse425 yesterday morning. I have no great words to share, so I am going to share this instead from ECLA. Love to all. 
Prayer for Racial Justice Save us, O God, from ourselves,
 from racism often cloaked in pious words,
 from the machinations of white supremacy hidden in calls for civility,
 from micro aggressions thinly veiled in arrogance,
 from apologies when they don’t give way to action,
 from forgiveness without facing the truth,
from reconciliation without reparation.
 Deliver us, O God, from expecting siblings of color to continue to bear this emotional work, which is not theirs to do.
 Grateful for the long arc that bends toward justice, we pray:
 Grant us wisdom,
 give us courage for the facing of these days,
 by the power of the Spirit, all for the sake of the kin-dom that we share in Christ Jesus.
 Amen. #BlackLivesMatter
Don’t get me wrong. I adore our quarter acre mini homestead. But sometimes - okay often - I find myself dreaming of something 100 times the size. In the meantime though, perhaps I need to name the place we’ve got. Allium Acres, anyone? Quarter acre, but you know, close enough. #somuchgarlic #urbanhomestead #urbanhomesteading #debtfreecommunity #zerowasteliving #homestead #pnwgardening #backyardgarden #homesteading #microhomestead
36 consecutive days of yoga and counting. I’ve missed yoga since becoming a mom and not having the time to go regularly to a studio, and even a full length class hasn’t happened more than sporadically. Last month though, I committed to twenty minutes a day - perhaps not as much as I’d like to practice ideally, but it’s short enough that I can find that time every single day. And it feels so good to have a regular practice again. Whenever the weather is good, you’ll find me out on the back deck for my practice. If it’s raining, it happens in our bedroom. No matter what though, it’s happening every day. And it’s free, thanks to YouTube videos by Yoga With Adrienne among others. #dailyyoga #yogapractice #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly
Our resilient little garage strawberry. This alpine strawberry plant popped up in the crack at the entrance of our garage a few years ago, and it keeps coming back. I suppose it could be some kind of metaphor about growing in hard places, but I really just like this plant. #frontyardgarden #zone8b #growwhereyouareplanted #homegrown #urbanhomestead #frugalliving #zerowastelife #lovetheearth
Clearly, he’s never needed to implement a clothes buying ban. #ecofrugal #frugalliving #debtfreecommunity #financialindependenceretireearly #notbuyingnewclothes #shoppingban #zerowasteliving #lovetheearth

Tread Lightly, Retire Early

Tread Lightly, Retire Early

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