Just a quick status update. We have a list of projects running in parallel because a) 80% completion on some tasks (shed build) is "good enough for now," b) some projects are active, but long-running priorities (the house), and c) some tasks are NOT priorities but take so long to prove out (plantings) that some steps need to be made now, to see how they do over time.
Right now this project is sort of a balancing act of those priorities, and I'm just doing my best to make good decisions every day. If I have any piece of advice at all for others taking on big projects like this, it would be:
1. Do SOMETHING every day. If you get tired or bored, find something else to do, but do something. There is no task too small.
2. Don't overthink decisions. Trust your gut and constantly be trying to make good decisions. They don't need to be perfect. Just keep moving in what feels the right direction, and sooner or later, it will be.
3. As soon as you start making mistakes, stop working. 1 mistake is easy to fix when you're rested and thinking better. 5 mistakes on top of it are very hard. Making mistakes may mean you're tired. Don't sell yourself on trying to complete "just one more detail."