Posted by 2underage on February 28, 2016 at 09:55:19 from (64.19.81.242):
In Reply to: Re: Who I used to be posted by JD Seller on February 28, 2016 at 08:50:41:
When I was 20 years old I was just getting ready to get out of the USAF. Things were not good economy wise and when I did get out I found it hard to get a good job. A year later I got married and then I went to work in a packing plant,. The pay was 85 cents per hour but I worked as many hours as they would allow. I worked my way up the wage scale and eventually reached the highest pay level in that place.
While still employed there I started a water well drilling business as a part time endeavor until it became a full time operation. There was a 2 year college near my home and I enrolled because I thought I needed some more business skills. I found it quite easy to learn new ideas and I graduated with honors. Next I went on to get a degree in education from a 4 year college. Still running my water business though.
Next, I went on to be a teacher until I retired. While still teaching I started buying and selling farm equipment and I began to operate my farm as a profit making business. And here I am, stuck in a rut! There are many interesting things that I would like to try but I keep thinking that I may be getting to old. I should know that my thinking is flawed as I am only in my eighties.
Yes I did keep drilling wells while I had my teaching job and I did install a lot of water pumps during those years but that job began to be to physically demanding so I slowly gave up on the water business. Don't miss that much though. I do love farming though and I will keep at it as long as I can.
Also I spent several years as an adjunct professor at the local community college in their evening division [night classes].
Back to the main theme of this post. I believe that there are as many ways to make a living now as there ever was. Today to many people think they should get top wages on the first day on the job when in reality nearly everyone who has been successful started at the bottom and worked their way up by hard work and desire to succeed. I bet that there are very few on this site that did not work hard to get to a place where they can relax a little and enjoy the fruits of their labor. Happy farming!
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