Growing a Farmer (1)

Kurt is perhaps one of, if not the, most unprepared person I have ever met. I find it humorous, how freely he pursues new endeavors left and right. In a way, I admire how fearless he is because I know if I failed like he did the number of times he did, I would have a lot of qualms about trying something new again. So yes, part of me admires him but the other part of me just wishes I could knock some sense into him. You can’t half-heartedly go into bee keeping just because you found the right equipment! You can’t just buy the first house you see because you “feel” like it’s the one!

I appreciate how well Kurt was able to look back at his failures and recognize his mistakes, tendencies, and motivations. Contrary to what I thought at first, he doesn’t live in his own little bubble, oblivious to the real world. He notes his feelings of sheepishness when he fell in love with that first property, because he recognized that perhaps it was foolish to not look into other homes. He notes his official transition from a city guy to a farm person when he starts filling his land with cows. He has all these little epiphanies, and it makes reading his writing interesting.