12-04-2009, 01:54 PM
Working with the hands... ever consider permaculture... this is a breakthrough trade/profession that requires intelligence and honest hard work. There are Permaculture universities in Hawaii, Oregon, Australia, and Scotland... Each has a unique approach. A google search will give you all sorts of leads to check out.
Also, being a carpenter is a noble pursuit... But it is important to understand unethical business practices exist within all sectors of traditional and sometimes non-traditional employment... It is not the job you are doing--- but rather, how you are doing the job. Integrity is a personal value.
I know for myself, I wish I had waited until I was in mid-20's to enter into University... the hard work and effort and sheer expense of the education of which I am still paying for nearly 18 years later... is just simply not worth it in retrospect. My education has never gotten me a J-O-B... A trade is something that will allow you to work anywhere in the world just about... but book learning... it does not necessarily mean employment.
I once read somewhere that mig welding was one skill that is dynamic--- with mig welding one can make anything from Art to Skyscrapers and all that in between...
The choices are yours to make! Enjoy the process---
--fairyfarmgirl
Also, being a carpenter is a noble pursuit... But it is important to understand unethical business practices exist within all sectors of traditional and sometimes non-traditional employment... It is not the job you are doing--- but rather, how you are doing the job. Integrity is a personal value.
I know for myself, I wish I had waited until I was in mid-20's to enter into University... the hard work and effort and sheer expense of the education of which I am still paying for nearly 18 years later... is just simply not worth it in retrospect. My education has never gotten me a J-O-B... A trade is something that will allow you to work anywhere in the world just about... but book learning... it does not necessarily mean employment.
I once read somewhere that mig welding was one skill that is dynamic--- with mig welding one can make anything from Art to Skyscrapers and all that in between...
The choices are yours to make! Enjoy the process---
--fairyfarmgirl