{"id":1046,"date":"2025-08-23T10:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2025-08-23T10:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:34:39","slug":"go-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/2025\/08\/go-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Fishing!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/08\/happy-boy-with-glasses-on-fishing-proudly-holding-a-fish-catch-768x1152-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1048\" style=\"width:261px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Last week I got to go to the NorthEast Georgia Ag Expo in Hart County. It was a great day\u2014I had a table with farm stress resources I got to share with lots of farmers and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the day I also got to have a number of very genuine conversations with farmers about how challenging things are right now. I heard a lot about high input costs, low commodity prices, fickle weather, and trouble finding labor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent a long time talking with one farmer in particular. He told me a lot about his challenges, like how input costs had increased up to 10 times higher in the past 40 years, but many commodity prices have stayed nearly flat. With frustration he simply said \u201cYou can\u2019t do anything about stress during times like this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re right\u201d I said. \u201cThere is nothing you can do about these costs and prices. BUT there are lots of things you can do to keep from letting the stress eat at your body and your mind. You can do lots of things to keep from letting stress make you sick or even kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We then had a conversation about drinking water, eating healthy food (I did my rant about not living on those unhealthy orange peanut butter crackers), and taking even small breaks every now and then. I didn\u2019t think he was really convinced, but he listened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later that day this same farmer came back to me. He said \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about what you said. I\u2019m going to go home and tell my wife you said I should go trout fishing more.\u201d He smiled and there was a twinkle in his eye I hadn\u2019t seen before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely\u201d I said, grinning. \u201cGo fishing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going fishing\u2014one of the things that will keep you thriving. &nbsp;\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/08\/NEAG-Expo-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1047\" style=\"width:269px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/08\/NEAG-Expo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/08\/NEAG-Expo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/08\/NEAG-Expo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/08\/NEAG-Expo.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I got to go to the NorthEast Georgia Ag Expo in Hart County. 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