During August and September, the rural countryside moved at full throttle. Combines, grain trailers, bailers, flatbeds, and ploughs were everywhere, and farmers and contractors worked hard.

The countryside has been building up to harvest all year, and farmers have had their fair share of autumn challenges, especially after this year’s wet Spring. They have had to reconcile the weather, the ripeness and dryness of the grain and their machinery (often contracted out and in high demand).

Dramatic Autumn challenges

For most of the year, the countryside moved along slowly and steadily. However, the change at this time of year, as summer slips into the mists and mellow fruitfulness of Autumn, is dramatic.

In just a few weeks, the countryside transforms from the golden yellow of ripe corn to the dark brown of ploughed and planted fields, and the leaves on the trees turn from green to gold before falling to the ground.

There is another significant change as well, ripe with Autumn challenges. It is the beginning of the new academic year. New pupils are starting, and everyone else has moved up a year or out of academia. It is an exciting time for children and parents, filled with anticipation for new schools, colleges, subjects, teachers and jobs.

Autumn is the New Year

This time of renewal, change, and Autumn challenges is the real New Year. Conversely, when much of the world celebrates the New Year on the First of January, the Northern Hemisphere remains cold, lifeless, and unchanging.

Judaism celebrates Rosh Hashanah—the New Year—in mid-September, this powerful time of review and renewal. Rosh Hashanah means the Head of the Year. Judaism understands that the choices they make at this time of change significantly impact the year to come.

Christianity celebrates the start of the ecclesiastical New Year on 1st September (also known as “The Day of Creation” in Orthodox Christianity). Here in the UK, the political conference season has just ended, a time for politicians to consider their plans for the coming year.

Review your life with a Golden October Mapmaker

So, I understand that now can be a time of stress and anxiety for many, a time when Autumn challenges make us go so far as to question our very existence and purpose.

However, isn’t this also a fantastic opportunity? Now more than ever, we sense the need to change, so I encourage clients to use this time of year to review their lives and make plans for the future. I have chosen 1st October as my “New Year”.

During October, the Golden Month, I offer a limited number of “Golden October Mapmakers” at a discount to independent professionals who want to resolve their challenges and seize opportunities in their lives and businesses.

This is a unique opportunity for you to join me in mapping your way forward. Get your Mapmaker at https://jeremydeedes.com/golden-october-mapmaker/

Photo attribution

The author (Looking East along Caulkleys Bank, taken on 5 Oct 24)

Audio link

https://audio.com/jeremy_deedes/autumn-challenges/

Taking it further

Take it further with a Golden October Mapmaker from jeremydeedes.com/golden-october-mapmaker/. Golden October Mapmaker is available for only 12 clients and can be purchased at a discount up to 31 October. Please schedule your meeting before 15 November 2024.

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My clients are aged 35-50. They are in a long-term relationship with family and parents who are supportive but ageing. They wrestle with personal and financial responsibilities and dream of more control, wealth, time and purpose.

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