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SW “Ohia” | I agree.
I am a young guy myself, but I have worked a half-dozen different jobs in my 20 years. Work has ranged from paper shuffling at a desk, to running a greasy milling machine in a job shop, to changing agricultural tires. (Never been fired, just always moving around or working more than one place at a time.)
Help Dad with his cattle, toss hay in the summer/log in the winter for a local guy, and row crop myself. Full time college too.
I will say with complete confidence that the work itself is more critical than the hours. 12 hours throwing idiot bales is WAY more fulfilling than 8 hours at a desk. At the desk job, by 4:30 my head was pounding and I could barely see straight. Hated it. I will stand on that hay wagon from sunup to dusk to avoid ever going back there, even if the money was twice as good. I will change 12-16.5 skid steer tires ALL DAY rather than sit in front of a computer screen. Give me terrible prints and junk tooling for my Bridgeport mill, I don't care. It is all better than the fluorescent lights and cubical world I visited for a few months. When I walked out of any of those places, I felt happy from a good days work. The feeling after a long day farming is indescribable.
The chances of me ever farming full-time are slim. I wasn't born into it, my family has never farmed for a living, and this area is so competitive that most farmers despise the thought of a new guy appearing on the scene. Regardless, I don't consider farming "work." The 14 hour days I spend on my row crop acreage is like vacation compared to anything else I have ever done, even at jobs I enjoy. The farmer I work for can be very hard to get along with, but I would work full time in a heartbeat for him, if that chance existed. The opportunity to work on the farm full-time is rare and coveted, so don't hastily drop it. Despite the current situation, you are doing something that countless people can only dream of.
Edited by Red Paint 10/26/2014 19:02
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