Posted by Fawteen on June 28, 2009 at 03:11:58 from (72.95.106.42):
In Reply to: Why do i farm? posted by ProudCubOwner on June 27, 2009 at 23:58:46:
I was raised on a farm. I left at 18 and never looked back until I retired from the Navy.
Now I dub around raising a few sheep and chickens on 4 acres. It gives me an excuse to have a couple of tractors and some equipment and it's good stress management from my day job. I know I could never farm for a living, the risks and associated stress would literally kill me.
However...
You look at your friends and see the FUN side of what they're doing, and their apparent financial success. What you don't see is that EVERY JOB HAS A DOWNSIDE. If it was all beer and skittles, they'd call it fun, not work. There's stress in every line of work, there are jerks to work with/for, there are parts of every job that are just plain drudgery.
Being retired from the Navy has given me the financial freedom to try different lines of employment since I retired in 1990. I've been self-employed in several fields such as carpentry, property maintenance and computer support. I've worked for other folks as a network administrator, a mechanic, an electronic equipment installer, a gardener/caretaker and currently as a Maintenance Manager/Planner. Every single one of those jobs had some good points that got me interested in taking the job, and some bad points that motivated me to move on.
My point is, don't be so sure your friends are all ecstatically happy, and don't assume the grass is as green as it looks on the other side of the fence.
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