tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post2149796521110697476..comments2024-03-27T08:06:53.882-07:00Comments on Raincoast Rider: Somebody's Got Some 'Splainin To DoThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05438372155463437107noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post-29955357526534030332013-08-05T16:49:21.163-07:002013-08-05T16:49:21.163-07:00Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply. You...Thank you so much for the thoughtful reply. You're completely right about the boarding and training- if I could find a good situation I think how I'm evaluating things would be a lot different. I liked my barn manager job but got burnt out. My desk job? I still love it. I need to stop thinking it's an all or nothing- job vs G vs horses. If I can be patient and creative, I'm pretty sure this will all sort itself out in time. I do so love being organized and having a plan, so it feels completely foreign for me to admit I have no clue what my next step will be :)Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438372155463437107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359915651309786241.post-33806347351778474022013-08-05T10:38:14.127-07:002013-08-05T10:38:14.127-07:00As someone who thought I were going to go into hor...As someone who thought I were going to go into horses so thoroughly I majored in it in college, fell in love with a career (IT) that puts me behind a desk, and owns a sensitive Sec D that I couldn't get anything out of if it weren't for regular lessons...<br /><br />Honest opinion based only on what you've written and my own situation: <br /><br />It sounds like a good boarding situation with a good trainer would solve all of your problems. I've read other posts in which you talk about loving your desk job, and I feel the same way. I think about being the one to break ice in buckets at 1am in college and feeling overwhelmed by being dirty all the time, and I realize that I'm much happier being able to take vacations, wear ballet flats and exercise my brain rather than my body. The money you earn from an IT career isn't there in boarding, and judging by the hours my trainer and her assistant trainer put in, you'd probably see G even less than you do now with a full-time job and a horse hobby. I value my weekends with Nick, even when the weeks are crazy, and I wouldn't get that if I kept mine at home, which I've considered as he's job hunting.<br /><br />I can tell it's really weighing on you, and I hope you can at least get free of the decision itself soon!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.com