Working Down On The Farm
I was recently remembering back to my time during college when I spent the summer and fall working on a farm. I was living in North Dakota and that’s the biggest industry. The whole industry is based around farming and agriculture.
I did a lot of different odd jobs. I spent two weeks cutting hay on for one farm. It meant going out on the tractor to cut the hay and then I would go back and rake the hay. Only after it was raked was it ready to be rolled up in a bale.
I also spent 2 months being a soil test driver. This meant that I was given an aerial map of a field along with some maps. I would drive out into the field and using one of their contraption, I would bore down down several feet into the ground and extract soil samples. It was fun. Just sit on your rear and drive around.
The World of Work
It seems like no matter how much we dream about the world of business and being our own boss, we can’t lose the the fear of returning to the world of work. Don’t get me wrong, business is a lot of work, but the work you put into it is directly paid to you in the form of profit.
In the world of work, things are different. The amount you earn is equal to the amount of work you put it in minus profit for the business owner and minus the inefficiencies of co-workers, management and business processes. I suppose the world of work makes sense if you are one of the inefficiencies, but if you aren’t then you lose money in the world of work.
Just some thought about the world of work….