Marc, What it boils down to , what are you willing to settle for in your life for success or even failure for that matter? When I was your age, 41 years ago, I stood up in English class and told my teacher< "I don't need no english! I'm gonna be a farmer." She calmly asked me to set down and do my school work. I did. In the following eight years I wa fortunate in many ways. I was able to buy two or three new cars off the showroom floor, pay for my college and have fund too. When I graduated from college I sold out my cattle herd of 150 head. Eight years later, after graduation from college with a BA in Education and a MA in Socially and Educationally Disadvataged, I began a 30 year teaching career. I have been retired for three years. In all of the that time I have had the best of two worlds, that of having been an educator and working in the wood products industry. This has intailed: logging (large and small scale), avery luckerative firewood business for 25 years, and now for the last 12 years, sawmilling. I am getting a little long in the tooth for the others but not the sawmilling. What I guess I am saying you can have your cake and eat it too, if you are willing to put forth the effort. Your talent that was shown with wood turning is a true art. I do a little myself, but you have a gifted talent. Make it work for you, while at the same time persue some of your other interest. Always have a good source of income to fall back on as the sawmilling can and is a roller coaster type of business. The very best of luck and effort to you for your wishes and dreams.
