Brummet's Conscious Blog

Our New Place Yes - we found a fantastic "tiny-home"! Thank you - by the way -  for your patience during this transition of moving our home and studio to new locations :) We fully expected to easily find a smaller home, but found that in reality it was a more difficult task. It seems even the retirement communities cater to people with larger tastes and vast wallets. The places that had 55+ community living outlets were either out of our price range, had nothing available or didn't allow dogs. Well, our dogs are precious and they are coming with us. There's no debate about that. So we started to get real anxious...  Will we find a place in time?  What if we cannot find a community that accepts dogs? Luckily one of our former neighbours went through a similar life-event - they sold their house that was across from us and moved into a 55+ adult only mobile home park. Ironically the park owner was rebuilding an older trailer located right across from our friend's. Wh...

Oh, The Stress Of It All Well - we found a buyer for our home and had less than 5 weeks to both find a suitable home and move into it. Once we signed that contract it was weeks of sleepless nights, restless tummy, fretful mind, sweaty palms and frazzled hair. Was I stressed? ...You bet I was !!!  Many of you already know that I suffer from an anxiety disorder; stress affects me physically causing rashes and vomiting, and I easily fall into depression. With moving being one of the most stressful things a person can go through, I knew I would have to use more than a few tranquilizers to get through the storm to come.  By using calming, meditative music and occasionally some blues or 70's music during the day I was able to greatly reduce the stress I was feeling, and the dogs love to nap to music. To quiet the mind at night I've begun listening to short audio books via YouTube - these are especially helpful on those sleepless nights.  Long showers helped ease the physical ac...

Regular readers have asked me to share about the experience of relocating a home and office, and music studio... and honestly... I'm actually pleased anyone is even interested in hearing about it.   How it began... Back in late March 2023, Dave and I began discussions about downsizing our life, home and belongings in preparation for a less stressful lifestyle, and to set up for the upcoming stage of semi-retirement.  When you are an entrepreneur, run the business through your home, grow and process most of the fresh produce the family needs, work in a band at night, teach students and hold a day job... the day-to-day grind can become stressful. While we love every minute of the hard work, we noticed that we are gradually slowing down - able to do less in the same amount of time, and feel physical work much more these days.  It was time to re-evaluate our lifestyle.  This would not mean quitting, or giving up on anything - it simply meant creating a more comforta...

Back In The Office During a regular weekly Zoom meeting with a writer-friend, we were discussing the recent adventure Dave and I are on and how it affected the office, production schedule and content creation for our blogs and YouTube channel . Both Phyllis and I were sharing the feeling of just plain being overwhelmed with having so much to do and feeling so far behind.  The mind keeps cycling: "...where to start? Where to start?" Phyllis and I keep each other both comforted and motivated, simply by meeting once per week and sharing. Speaking with her about my weekly woes and joys helps settle my whirling mind a little and she's helped pull me out of the downward cycle of depression more than once. (Thanks, Phyllis!!)  The thing is that the "big picture" is loaded down with is such a large to-do list. From fencing and getting a lawn put in, to exterior painting, tons of office work, book publication schedules that were put on pause to accomodate this move.. p...

-- Conscious Living Event -- April 16 - 21  Intermat 2012 - expo for construction materials, innovations, end-of-life management, deconstruction and more Location : Paris, France Info : www.intermat.fr  -- Brummet's In the Media -- Ami Blackwelder interviews Lillian Brummet -  published today:  http://amiblackwelder.blogspot.com  -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144    It is time for another installment of the Best of Conscious Discussions series... today we'll focus on two fantastic interviews on Sustainable Communities.  Jim Bell ( JimBell.com ) shares his ideas on how we as individuals can “create life-support sustaining economies” in our communities.  - and - Marty Metro, Chief Executive officer of Used Cardboard Boxes, ( UsedCardboardBoxes.com ) explains the importa...

 -- 10 Tips for Making a Tree Change -- * Today's article about moving to rural locations was submitted by Sachin Tips for making a tree change include knowing what to do in the fire season, being wary of snakes, knowing to adjust for country driving and get involved with your local community. If you have decided to make the big move out to live in the country then there are a few things you should be aware of.  Other than finding a reputable removalist company to transport all your possessions and furniture to your new home, you should also be aware that living in a rural area can be very different from living in the city.  Don't forget that your new home will need to have home and contents insurance . Fire season You need to be aware that when living in a rural area the fire season can be a potential threat to your property.  If you live near bushland or even if you are on a farm, you can still be susceptible to bu...

 -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Today we're featuring another Best of 2007 episode - focusing on Green Moving alternatives and Rain Water Collection. Join us live @ 10-11 AM (pacific) and drop in the live chat room... or access the archived episode at  your convenience. Either way, live or archived, you can access the episode via the link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/11/08/best-of-2007-vol-8 Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brummet's Store - every sale raises funds for charity as well!