RE: Hunt for a Living...how??
I came out of college as a baseball player that had aspired to make a living playing the game. I thought I had what it took to be a professional baseball catcher. I got passed in the draft by everyone.
After taking a job to make ends meet…..I was playing a LOT of golf on the side. I got fairly good at it…..and had conversations with a friend I’d graduated with who was in the PGA Apprentice Program. He told me a few things about it….and I got hired as an apprentice. I worked my way through the business schools….the playing ability test…..and put 3 yrs in as an apprentice. I was elected to membership in the PGA of America in August 1994. When I began that journey……I LOVED the game of golf.
I left the PGA and my member club in 1995 to take a job in my current industry. I put down the clubs and didn’t touch them for seven years. I LOATHED golf. Everywhere I went….whoever I talked to…..everything I wore…..everything I did….revolved around golf.
I joined a country club, after I began playing again. I remember the first time I walked into the clubhouse to play a round with some friends. GOD IT WAS REFRESHING to be there on MY TERMS! It felt odd…..but invigorating. I could have fun at it, again. I can’t explain to you what that feeling was like. THAT FEELING is why I loved golf. When I HAD to be there….I didn’t feel that.
I hope you think about this before you take a leap that might change the way you feel about hunting for the rest of your life. I was lucky. I got out of it and found something (by the grace of God) that affords me the opportunities to do the fun things in life. I know friends still stuck in the industry that hate it…..but are trapped because of their tenure, there.
Just know that things are not always as they seem……and good luck to you.
Sincerely,