I picked up this piece of cedar from my new job. To go along with the complete career change I’ve made, I suppose it should only be fitting that I pick up a new hobby that compliments my work. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at wood carving for awhile, but, as with many of my hobbies, there seemed to be an appropriate time or certain maturity I was waiting on, if that makes any sense. I don’t want to convey that you should always “wait for the right time” to start something, but there are times I have found that no matter how hard you try to force things, some things only are meant to happen when they are meant to.
I can’t even begin to describe how surreal it is being where I am now compared to where I was a year ago. I finally have a job where I feel happy in my work at the end of the day. Sure, being an arborist ground trainee is the hardest job I’ve ever had (I would even go so far as to say it’s probably one of the hardest jobs. Period.), but there are some moments in each day that are worth their weight in gold. I’ve learned so much already, not only about different tools and equipment, but also about myself. While my body is still getting used to never before experienced levels of pain, my mind is so hungry to overall keep going. I hope being an arborist (along with any other hobbies it leads to) is something that I can do for a long time.
The quote of the day is: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly…who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt
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