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Monday, February 17, 2025

Actually, a Rabbit Gap. Movement to Motion and getting unstuck


I’m not going to apologize for this notice arriving a day later than supposed.

(Foolish pet peeve: when creators indicate they assume I’m paying sufficient consideration to note or be bothered in the event that they miss their very own arbitrary schedule – whew, NO)

However largely I’m not apologizing as a result of I’ve a actually good excuse.😉 Plus it’s a vacation weekend right here within the USA and it nonetheless appears like Sunday to me anyway.


My Actually Good Excuse: Matt and I lastly have carry off for a collaboration that we’ve got flirted with for almost a decade. 🤯🎉

It solely took a pair cups of espresso, some purple flannel hash and 4 poached eggs between us, slightly little bit of yogurt parfait and an epic 8+ hour, butts in chairs kitchen desk session the place every of us was so engrossed that my household truly left us alone, even tiptoed round us, and neither of us even needed to stand up to pee greater than only one time. 😳

We have been within the zone.


This all occurred yesterday – fully sidelining me from what was most likely going to be a way more boring notice.

I used to be going to put in writing this text about Movement vs Motion.

Movement is like:

  • Planning your backyard design
  • Shopping for seeds
  • Drawing sketches
  • Buying the nursery
  • Googling vegetation
  • Studying weblog posts
  • Taking lessons
  • Teasing (however not truly following by way of) with a collaboration challenge along with your greatest backyard mate for ten years.

Motion, conversely is:

  • Laying out the backyard – truly, getting a shovel and sticking it into the bottom.
  • Planting the seeds.
  • Placing the nursery vegetation within the floor (reasonably than simply letting them sit on the nook of your driveway whereas you determine the place they may go)
  • Digging in a brand new mattress.
  • Hiring a contractor if you happen to want
  • Sending this electronic mail to inform you about our upcoming tasks and alluring you to affix in.

You see the distinction, proper?

James Clear, Writer of Atomic Habits describes it this manner:

If you’re in movement, you’re planning and strategizing and studying. These are all good issues, however they don’t produce a outcome. Motion, alternatively, is the kind of habits that can ship an end result.

James Clear, Atomic Habits


I make my dwelling largely doing movement actions and educating individuals easy methods to be higher at movement actions. We want movement as a result of it helps us to do the motion higher. However it may be very easy, (really easy!), to get caught in movement. You’ll be able to even begin to persuade your self that your movement is motion, when it isn’t.

Motion releases the strain. Motion will get the job achieved. Motion is what we actually need.


We get caught once we don’t now the place to begin.

We get caught once we are overwhelmed.

We get caught once we don’t take motion.

I’m excited to inform you that Matt and I obtained ourselves unstuck yesterday. Oh, it feels so good!

Right here is proof:

We’re launching a podcast (It’s tentatively referred to as “Actually, a Rabbit Gap“. – We aren’t certain if that title will stick, we’ll see).

We’d such as you to ask you to be our visitor.

Actually, a Rabbit Gap, is a podcast the place gardeners and backyard makers get their questions answered.

It will likely be weekly and it’ll show you how to design and develop one thing particular. It can evolve. You’ll be able to anticipate us to go deep and focus on your questions in the easiest way we all know how, by going manner down the Rabbit Gap. Actually.

To start out, we are going to reply three questions from you that will help you overcome your challenges and attain your targets.

We are going to share recommendation based mostly on confirmed methods we’ve used to develop our personal superb vegetation, and that we’ve use to construct stunning gardens and lengthy careers in design.

Need to be a visitor on an upcoming episode?

Click on right here to use and tell us what questions you’d prefer to ask.

Your questions will be particular to your individual tasks or extra basic if you happen to want.

Thanks on your curiosity! I hope we’d have the ability to shift you to motion if you happen to want.


We expect white out snow situations to start right here (exterior of Boston) at any second -it is a pleasant movement time.

As we transfer by way of winter and into spring, and this time of planning and inspiration will get into full swing – If you end up getting caught within the spin of movement and never making precise progress (motion), listed here are few issues I discover useful.

  1. Change the scene. Rip one thing out, clear the air, transfer stuff, make area. I discover {that a} new perspective can typically rattle me out of a spin.
  2. Do not forget that the most important cause why we slip into movement reasonably than taking motion is that we need to delay failure. Strive to not concern failure – its solely a backyard. And even whether it is one thing else… it most likely isn’t that large a deal if you happen to fail.
  3. Name a buddy.

P.S. We’re additionally launching a seasonal twist on The Backyard Design Lab – it’s tentatively referred to as The Backyard Lab Periods (they are going to be a set of unique masterclasses for the backyard fanatic). There will probably be at the very least a pair classes a 12 months and first one will begin subsequent month. Extra particulars to come back subsequent week.

picture from jamesclear.com

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