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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 6749684" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>My Aunt Mary left the dairy farm and learned to be a flower arranger down in London. She ended up as chief flower arranger at The Savoy hotel. She always reckoned it was the best thing she ever did, though personally I didn't think it sounded that good. That was 70 years ago and things were a bit different then but goes to show that quite a few things are possible.</p><p></p><p>You are young. You have time on your side. No need to make any quick decisions. I left home at 18 and went to uni, then worked in the engineering industry. Some good times and some very tough times. Some bouts of depression doing that as well so not all a bed of roses but glad I did it, as only live once. Been back farming for 15 years. Do feel a bit fed up, isolated out in the sticks and wasted at times, though there are still plenty of challenges in farming to get your teeth into. Sometimes too many. It can be what you make it - if you are free to do so, which we often aren't.</p><p></p><p>I think variety is the spice of life. Ideally I wouldn't do the same thing for more than 10 years, but now I am older things are a bit more tying.</p><p></p><p>Dunno really. Keep thinking.</p><p></p><p>Best not make a decision on a snapshot though. Make it on the average feeling over a year maybe. I used to be hotheaded in that respect and resigned from jobs at the drop of a hat. I did not take a job that I was offered at the Hydroelectric Power Station near Perth. I remember sitting on a bus going into my work in Manchester, thinking nah, this is alright here and I unresigned. I always wonder what would have happened if I had gone to Perth. Probably still have been a miserable old barsteward engineer some of the time but there we are. That's life.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 6749684, member: 2119"] My Aunt Mary left the dairy farm and learned to be a flower arranger down in London. She ended up as chief flower arranger at The Savoy hotel. She always reckoned it was the best thing she ever did, though personally I didn't think it sounded that good. That was 70 years ago and things were a bit different then but goes to show that quite a few things are possible. You are young. You have time on your side. No need to make any quick decisions. I left home at 18 and went to uni, then worked in the engineering industry. Some good times and some very tough times. Some bouts of depression doing that as well so not all a bed of roses but glad I did it, as only live once. Been back farming for 15 years. Do feel a bit fed up, isolated out in the sticks and wasted at times, though there are still plenty of challenges in farming to get your teeth into. Sometimes too many. It can be what you make it - if you are free to do so, which we often aren't. I think variety is the spice of life. Ideally I wouldn't do the same thing for more than 10 years, but now I am older things are a bit more tying. Dunno really. Keep thinking. Best not make a decision on a snapshot though. Make it on the average feeling over a year maybe. I used to be hotheaded in that respect and resigned from jobs at the drop of a hat. I did not take a job that I was offered at the Hydroelectric Power Station near Perth. I remember sitting on a bus going into my work in Manchester, thinking nah, this is alright here and I unresigned. I always wonder what would have happened if I had gone to Perth. Probably still have been a miserable old barsteward engineer some of the time but there we are. That's life. Best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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