Brent P. Newhall's Blog
Gardening – Mar 2007

30 Mar 07 – 30 Mar 07

And it's done. I've completely renovated my garden.

As expected, I hit the 90% Wall. Most projects seem to have a point near the end where I just don't want to put any more time into them. I don't know why, but it's frequent, and it seems to affect most creative projects. It's a major reason why books don't get finished, comics don't get published, and in general creative people don't finish their projects.

But this one's done. There's certainly more stuff I want to do in my garden, but I've done what I initially set out to do.

What it really takes, for me, is eliminating other distractions and focusing on one project only, until it's done. I may work on other projects, but this one gets priority, and I work on it every day until it's done.

And then, it's done.

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28 Mar 07 – 28 Mar 07

Spent the better part of the day digging out the back garden and shifting soil around. I'm renovating the garden with painted planters and new plots of vegetables. It's spring, and it's time.

It's also a major undertaking. I had to move a truck load of dirt today, using large rubber buckets. One bucket at a time. I wasn't sure if I could do it all in one day.

But I did. And just doing it gave me sweet satisfcation that can't be otherwise tasted.

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