Career Move

So much has changed since my last post. I've gone from thinking, "wouldn't it be nice if..." to "this is what I want and I'm making it happen!"

I've realized that goat husbandry and cheesemaking are more than an interest, they are my career passions! So I've now moved away from my search for employment in sustainability consulting to fulfilling my dream of sustainable living.

Thanks to my volunteer work at Rosasharn Farm with Anne Petersen, I've decided that I can do more than just dream about owning goats on the side of my career and family. Instead, I'll make that my life! The more I thought about it, one week on the farm, the more it made sense to me. But more than making sense, owning a goat dairy and cheesemake has become an obsession. I have fallen head over heals in love with goats and cheesemaking! Granted, this is more than a career decision, it's a lifestyle choice. And one that I make with eyes as wide open as I can.

So I have to say, thank you, Anne Petersen, for opening your home and your farm to me. Thank you, Ellie, for giving me Anne's contact information one day when I told you that I'd fancy learning about goats. And I'm so thankful for all the supportive people in my life, the positive agricultural experiences I've had and all the cheese tasting goodness I've been privy to. Oh, and I'm thankful that our country and thus our government thought it fine to deregulate our financial sector so as to let our economy go to shit. Who knows what job I would have landed had there been no hiring freezes?