05/31/2026
Horses and hay
I met my first 3-string alfalfa bale in October of 2024. I remember, distinctly, because I couldn’t lift the darned thing! There have been many times that I contemplating buying 2-string, asking, “why am I putting myself through this?”
I honestly can’t tell you why I kept doing it. Saving a few bucks? Ease of breaking a flake in half? A subconscious voice that I couldn’t even hear in my head, telling me: if you let this win, what else are you going to let win?
Today, I can lift those 3-string alfalfa bales 💪🏻 We ask our horses to do hard things, it’s only fair that we hold ourselves to the same standard. Buy another one next week. Then buy 2. Heck, one day I bought 6 on a whim, arrived home and said out loud, alone in my barn, “what did I just do?”
Remove “I can’t” from your vocabulary and you’ll grow in ways you never thought were possible. For me today, it’s about a big ol’ bale of hay. Tomorrow, maybe it’s that goal I’ve been chasing.
