Grow Non-GMO/Heirloom vegetables to sell at Farmers Markets Get the homestead running with live stock So what now? Now I carry on with the dreams I had earlier in life, but I'm changing those dreams to goals. The lesson I learned, is that you don't have to always "find yourself", but remember who you were, and apply the life lessons you have since learned. Since that night, I have felt more peace, joy, and self purpose than I have felt since I don't remember when. It was that movie, that reminded me who I was before.
#My little blacksmith shop 1080p movie#
Then that night I rented a movie off, and this movie was one of my favorites prior to getting married, and hadn't seen it in about 3 years. It wasn't until recently (about a month ago) that one day I woke up and something seamed different, I couldn't (and still can't) tell what it was. I just got up, worked like a dog in the shop, on the house, and on the homestead all with no goal, no purpose, no soul. After the 7 month party, I started working hard, but I had no purpose. Now back to the "Finding yourself" thing. I cannot express how AMAZING the blacksmithing community is! No where else in the world will you find a better group of men and women than in the blacksmithing world! None of this would have been possible with out the people God put in my life, ranging from family, friends, church family, and the blacksmithing community. So I got up, dusted off, and did what I know best work hard.įast forward to today, I am debt free, living off grid in the house I have been working on (yes I didn't loose the homestead or house in the divorce), and building more power hammers now than I had ever thought. For me I did these things under the lie (mostly to myself) that I was trying to find myself, but in reality I was covering up the pain, the hurt, the regret, and the loneliness.Īfter about 7 months of that nonsense, I woke up, found myself in debt, and no closer to "finding myself" than I had when I first started. I will admit, I went down this road, racked up some credit card debt, having fun on the weekends, etc. When you (as a man, could be different for women) find yourself in the position that you can do whatever you want, and not have to answer to anyone.
Now anyone who tells you that divorcing a woman for such reasons is easy, they are liars, not only to you but probably themselves. We had good times, we had bad times, then we had worse times, and I found myself in the position that would merit a "Biblical" divorce (for those of you who don't know what I am talking about, please refer to Mathew 5:32). Yes thats right, Holly and I divorced after just 2 short years of marriage. So last you all heard, I was married, building power hammers, living in an apartment attached to the shop, and working on the house.Ī year ago today, my divorce was finalized. I implore you, don’t be that person, for the greatest men and women in the world didn’t get where they are by not working hard and making sacrifices. And it is because of these little sacrifices that people settle for second best or get stuck with the attitude of “Where I am isn’t too bad”. This will mean early mornings, sleepless nights, and not get to spend as much time having “fun”. This is where a lot of people fail at being truly successful as this will require you to get out of your comfort zone and possibly change most if not all of your daily habits. So write down the ultimate goal you want to achieve and then “reverse engineer” it with all the little steps you must take to achieve your life dream.Īfter that begins the work. Next, you must turn that dream into a goal. Now, you can’t stop there, as dreaming is probably the easiest step to becoming truly successful. For me this dream was to have a homestead, an off-grid cabin, be debt free, and have my own small business that revolved around Blacksmithing.
This dream can be having your own business, paying off your mortgage/debt and living a debt-free lifestyle, or a style of life. To be successful you must first have a dream. So if a large sum of money isn’t success, then what is? But is wealth the measure of success? Absolutely NOT.
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