Living the life you love as an aging farmer

Living the life you love as an aging farmer

As the calendar winds down 2021, and the snow comes, it strikes us that another season is approaching. Farming gives us many clear signs that things don’t stay the same. This summer I met Nell Smith, age 80, the author of Retire to the Life You Love, practical tools...
Someday is not a day on my calendar

Someday is not a day on my calendar

I’m sure you may have heard a farmer say, “Someday this farm will be his”, or “Someday we will get to the lawyer’s office, but we have work to do!” My sister Barbara Edie wrote the headline “someday is not a day on my calendar” when she relayed the memories of an...
Squashing the Procrastination Monster on your Farm

Squashing the Procrastination Monster on your Farm

Recently on a virtual event with 126 financial advisors, I asked what their largest challenge was in serving farm clients. Sixty-four percent named procrastination. This was no surprise as I have often quipped “Procrastination and conflict avoidance are killing...