Happy Easter!!
Easter is traditionally the time of new beginnings and signifies the true start of the spring season. Warmer weather is finally upon us, grass has greened, flowers are begining to grow, and farmers are antsy about getting into the field.
This year is different for me. I’m graduating college and am standing on the edge of leaving everything I know. I spent my entire childhood on the same farm and moved only 20 minutes away from home to go to college. My entire life has been spent in McLean county and has always revolved around agriculture. It’s finally time to put my experiences and knowledge to use in the real world, and- I’ll be honest- it’s terrifying!
It’s even scarier knowing that my transition period is probably going to be a couple of months. I moved a pickup bed load of belongings back to my parents’ yesterday. Living full time with my parents is going to be a very big change in my lifestyle (I’ve lived at in town for four years). As of now, I have a couple of temporary jobs, but nothing confirmed for long-term. I don’t know what’s worse- moving home or knowing that I have no move out date scheduled! Plus, I’ve got my two cats to worry about- are they going to adjust to being around other cats? Can I bring them with me to my next new home?
I am confident that I will find that full-time being-a-real-adult job soon, but it’ll be quite an adjustment. I’ll be going from living on a farm and being involved in production agriculture and from studying agriculture in a mostly agriculturally-based community to a community that isn’t necessarily revolving around agriculture. Sure, my job will probably have a lot do to with ag, but it’ll be weird not being 5 minutes from the endless landscape of corn and soybean fields.
Graduating and making a life for myself is scary stuff, but truly exciting. Spring is about new beginnings, and I’m excited to be going out and making my own place in this world. I may not be living on a farm and being involved in production agriculture, but I’ll still be a part of the industry. My career goal in agriculture communications is to better connect farmers and consumers, so my place probably isn’t necessarily being on the farm, but rather being where consumers are. No matter how scary the unknown is (Where am I going to live? Am I going to find a job before the summer is over? Can I bring my cats to my new home?), you never leave your roots. I’m rooted in agriculture and am looking forward to the new beginnnings this spring will bring.
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