Isms: View on life in rural America

While reading a weekly email from James Clear, writer of the wildly popular book “Atomic Habits,” the author posed a question that caught my attention.

“What season are you in right now and what does that season require?”

We walk through life and experience different phases, like the changing of seasons. Right now, we’re transitioning from summer into fall, where the days cool down, school activities heat up and there’s a constant sense of motion.

I call it the season of busy. What does it require? A lot of windshield time, a moderate amount of patience, minimal sleep (I’m happy with five hour...