I'm doing 2 things
I’ve finally reached my limit with the corporate world and am ready to leave it. I’ve joked in the past about chucking it all and “raising earthworms”, but I’ve never had the courage (or frustration level). About 2 weeks ago I suddenly realized that I really can’t take my lifestyle anymore and wanted to do something different. When I brought it up to my wife, I didn’t even finish asking her if she would be okay with changing our life – she’s been wanting to “get off the grid” for a long time now – she just kept saying “YES!” For some reason that evening, raising alpacas came to mind and I’ve spent about all my free time (and some work time) researching and reading as much as I can, and I’m hooked. We’re going out to visit our first farms this weekend and I really hope my two boys (4 & 7) get into them since they’ll probably be spending a whole lot of time around them in the future.
I’d like to do this as soon as possible, but I realize that I have a whole lot more reading, visiting, talking, and networking to do before I can do it. I think I want to raise them both for breeding and for their fiber – my wife’s into sewing and I even know how to knit a little – so that will be our driving factors in a business plan.
Reading about the rewarding feelings here (and other sites) are another thing that has drawn me into this. I just need to get my act together and, with a little luck, I hope to be posting some pictures or stories here in the future.
