Gardening and investing both involve long-term commitments where initial choices influence current situations. Mistakes are integral to learning and developing skills over time. Transitioning to an ideal state is complex; starting with what exists is essential. There are parallels drawn between garden cultivation and investment management, emphasizing that imperfect actions yield benefits over inaction. Additionally, applying these concepts to broader societal reforms suggests that a fresh start may not be feasible and progress must consider historical contexts and existing conditions.
Gardens are so slow-moving that they're anchored in our past choices, and don't represent our current knowledge or skills - but we also can't develop those skills without trying things, and making some mistakes.
Money invested imperfectly is better than never having started investing at all. This reminds me of cathedral thinking - that we need to start building before we know how to build the whole thing.
A country, like a garden, like an investment portfolio, is a perpetual work in progress. We can't wipe our own slate clean; we are who we are because of our history, imperfect as it is.
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