I’ve been working in the food industry for about 3 years now, and the long hours, no prospect of upward mobility, and bosses (derogatory), I can safely say I don’t enjoy this anymore (not that I really did to begin with, just needed pocket money bro).
Luckily, I do have a considerable sum of money saved up over the years. I do have a business idea in mind which would be somewhat passive (mushroom growing), but I’m afraid that it would just be a money pit and I’d be worse off. On the other hand, there’s going back to school. I’m still young, but alas, the prospect of a student loan is not enticing at all.
I could do maintain the job, go to school, and do the mushrooming…in theory…but I do enjoy having time for the gym and just going out for hikes.
What seems like the best course of action?
It truly is a lovely thing :). I always dreamed about a career in the sciences, but Uncle Sam put a hefty price tag on that.
It’s obviously less science-y in the sense of labs and test tubes, but, it’s quite close! Why do you like it?
I just like mushrooms. I like to hunt them, and growing them seems like a cool thing, especially rare verities. I even found what I later learned was a lions mane mushroom in SW Washington. Wish I was still gonna be living here in October so I could go back and collect it.
I had the idea of farming them back in college when I was learning logo design. I’ve got my name and stuff, just never had any place to really do it, but that might be changing as we’re moving in with my MiL for economic reasons.