Share The Seeds
General and Off Topic => General Discussion => Topic started by: Carnival on June 15, 2014, 12:49:27 AM
-
What pays for the time we all spend in our gardens? I assume most of us aren't professional entheogen cultivators (although you never know...).
I'm currently doing work as an EMT.
How about you all?
-
I translate speech into text for hard of hearing/deaf people's phones. It's a crappy job. Pays alright. I also spin poi and stuff. Just for fun though. Hehe. I sell plants and seeds of cacti on the interwebz as well.
-
I also spin poi and stuff...
I'm curious, what do you mean by 'and stuff?' I always love running into fellow flow people. Do you spin any other props as well as poi?
-
Well I spin poi and then I mess with short staffs a little bit. Nothing really crazy or anything. I also like to unicycle and just circus stuff.
-
Research - Stable Isotope Analysis (IRMS/IRIS) of:
(at present)
- Biogenic apatite of mammalian fauna (13C &12C)
- Plant xylem water (18O & 16O)
-
Software engineer and a a bit of electronics engineering as well..
Also very into circus stuff. Contact staff, hoop, aerial fabric... though I don't do any of that professionally. Just for fun and exercise:)
-
Wow, what a great idea for a topic.
I never really gave it much though, but had I done, I never would have guessed any of that!
Folks with mad skills!!!
I am about as uncoordinated as you can get, so no juggling or fire twirling here, as of yet....
For an occasional day job I dig post holes and pick fruit for a couple local farmers when I'm really broke and have bills to pay(one half day a month normally).
I sell vegie herb and flower seeds on the internet the rest of the time to cover the rent, fuel and electric. Grow most of our food or wildharvest locally. Bit of trade/barter every now and then with other growers, but most stuff we grow our own.
Just me the Mrs, 12guinea pigs, 9chooks, 2 dogs and an army of frogs, snakes, wallabies and parrots, all of us doing not a lot of anything really?
I like to do bugger all as often as is financially possible. :P
-
My 9-5 is as a research officer for a small NPO where I'm primarily engaged in ethnobotanical research and project management. I'm also responsible for the organization's general IT concerns and website maintenance. My day-to-day work throws up more administrative tasks and time behind a laptop than I'd ideally like but I work with great people and fascinating material so it'll do fine for the next couple years.
Like a few other folks here, I also spin poi and have recently started juggling clubs. I take paid fire poi gigs from time to time, when I could use the extra cash, but generally prefer spinning for myself and friends/family.
I plan to duck out of the formal economy over the next 3 years to pursue my own business ventures and interests, namely: poi/flow arts, plant-medicines, medicinal mushrooms, and mycoremediation.
Great thread :) I've enjoyed reading about all of your talents, skills, and interests.
-
I am a financial embarrassment. :(
No job :'(
BUT!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a proud househusband!!!!!!!
and love it, do not judge me, my wife pays the bills. :-[
-
I plan to duck out of the formal economy over the next 3 years to pursue my own business ventures and interests, namely: poi/flow arts, plant-medicines, medicinal mushrooms, and mycoremediation.
You, my friend, just described my dream job.
Best
~Thomas
-
Don't feel bad gnosis! I'm a humble grocery store shelf stocker! I work at a small organic grocery store. Get to meet tons off odd but interesting individuals at a health food store let me tell you. I was once an honors student who graduated with the highest honors awards and super high GPA. Had a full scholarship to any Florida college. Went one semester and just never signed back up and never went back lol. Stupid as hell I know...
I too sell plants and seeds online. Makes a small some of extra cash. I plan to open a nursery business but at heart I'm a bitch when it comes to the fear of actually relying on myself and am having a hard time actually doing it...
I have a wife and child as well so I have to know I'm bringing in the bread. I know my regular job won't fail to keep paying if I keep showing up. Someday I'll grow balls...
-
I feel like a bit of an under acheiver after reading what some of you do.
For now, I'm a manager at at pizza place and I also sell a couple seeds and plants here and there. Thankfully you guys have helped me diversify a bit so I now have plants that'd be of interest to people who might not be interested in entheogens. Figure its probably a good idea if I ever hope to support myself selling plants, seeds, and fruits.
I spend alot of spare time making music, but never made much money like that :'(
Hopefully one day my wife will start bringing in the bacon too. She's going to school for accounting while I'm tending plants and making pizzas, so its not too crazy of an idea.
-
What do you make(I meant music wise)? I play music as well. String/percussion stuff.
-
9-5 just isn't for me. I've tried it. I just can't do it. I can't go to work 40 hours a week and bust my ass for minimum wage for someone else to reap the profits. Its tiring and gets old quick. I thought about it and I realized that you can't get rich working a 9-5. All the super rich people have one thing in common; They own several businesses.
So...with that being said, I opened my own business. It was really tough getting started but a few days ago I finally launched my website. I am now officially the proud owner of my own bonafide business. :D
In short; I make juice for electronic cigarettes.
-
That's awesome Sunshine!
Major congratulations!!! PM me a link so I can have a peek at it. ;D
-
I play bass in a psychedelic ska funk band. We havent been putting as much effort into playing shows as we used to, but its still something I really enjoy in my spare time. I can also pretend like I know how to play a few other instruments, but bass is where its at.
The more I work a 9-5 job the more I feel it isn't for me, but I have to put food on the table and keep a roof over my head until I get something better figured out. I've only been selling seeds and stuff for just over two months and its been kind of reassuring to see that there definently is money to be made like that.
-
What a coincidence. My band plays funk/reggae/ska/psychedelic. I am the lead guitarist, but I used to pay bass. I play the guitar just like a bass though with my index/middle finger used for picking.
-
The STS band! So far we'd have two bass players... not a bad start!
I used to play bass many years ago as well. Poor thing hasn't been touched in at least eight years now. Bass was fun, but I was always more of a drummer at heart. Again, I haven't been doing much in the way of serious drumming lately other than the occasional hand percussion at festivals.
-
I can play lead guitar. Hehehe.
-
We could all invest in 4-track recorders and each lay down a track then send the tape off to the next person and put something together like that.
-
After 5 years living and working in 5 different countries I decided return to my country and buy an old house which I'm restoring now,is a good challenge but I 'm not expert on the subject... time will tell! ;)
Unfortunately no jobs in my country so I decided to return to school, I'm taking a solar panels/photovoltaic course, hope help's me to turn the world in a greener place!
On my free time I'm amateur on taxidermy, no haunting, just pick dead animals from the highway and try to give them an worthy ending.. about circus stuff I'm starting to play with an slackline , so far no broken bones ;) I also make some crazy music on my computer less often than I wanted to..
Despite this I am a regular guy, with my girlfriend, my 15 months son, my plants and 3 chickens!
-
I work inside a kitchen at a bar and grill that's right near a state college; cooking up burgers, wings, fries, etc. It's pays the bills and my coworkers are great but I've been meaning to get back to school, only problem is I haven't figured out what I'd major in... I'd like to own my own nursery/garden/greenhouse with my own hive of bees one day, I just haven't exactly much of a plan to get there yet...
I live with my fiance who's currently taking her masters classes in Psychology, she currently works as a TSS (therapeutic staff support). It's seems apparent to me that she may always make more money than me :-[ but that isn't going to be a problem if I just take more of the house chores to make up for it ;)
-
I work as an appraiser. It's not terribly exciting, but has some good perks. I'm training my husband now, which is a 2 year process for licensing, and hope that after he's certified I can work behind him and transition to something I'm more passiontate about, like plants.
Other than that, I'm 36 and married with two sons. I swim pretty much daily in the summer and love bodysurfing. We used to live at a most beautiful beach, but the culture there sucked- lots of Republicans with cocaine habits ::), so now it's mostly drives to Myrtle Beach a few times a year.
-
Great thread! Interesting to me to see so many interested in poi/circus :D I often wondered what other hobbies were shared around here. In addition to plants, I enjoy keeping reef tanks. I am also a huge outdoor enthusiast, of which most of my time is spent kayaking and kiteboarding. I'm definitely a watersports guy. Eventually I'll end up somewhere that I can surf more often. I don't really play music but I'm a huge fan.. sounds like if some STS members put something together it'd be right up my ally! ..actually, I do play around with the didge but I use it mostly for meditation. Been known to slap some drums from time to time too :P
After a decade of doing anything and everything :o I've ended up working in IT, for the past 10 years. Not really a passion of mine and I often feel conflicted for continuing to pursue it. But it pays decent and I've gone so far down that path now, its hard to transition out of it. I had a part time gig taking care of saltwater reef tanks until recently.. wanted to start my own service company but my abused body is declaring no more laborious jobs. Must reserve whatever it has left for my more physically demanding hobbies ;)
-
Slap 'de bass mon.. Slappin' da bass mon...
-
I am not employed, but am searching for employment in biology, a biology-related field, or lab work. I have a B.S. in Biology (and some student-loan debt).
I used to play the trumpet for fun and school band, from grades 5-12; after I settle into employment, I want to start playing again.
I'm 26, single, lack children, and have some difficulty with small-talk.
-
I am also a huge outdoor enthusiast, of which most of my time is spent kayaking and kiteboarding. I'm definitely a watersports guy. Eventually I'll end up somewhere that I can surf more often.
Nice man! I lovvve kayaking, aside from growing plants it is my biggest passion. I live half a block(city slang for around 50 yards) from a river. I like to try to get out at least 2-3x a week during the summer when it's nice out.....
Maybe its just me...but I always think golden shower when I hear someone say watersports. Lol
-
Maybe its just me...but I always think golden shower when I hear someone say watersports. Lol
;D ;D ;D
-
;D LOL! Now that's one watersport I haven't taken up.. haha.
-
I graduated in biology and work (until tomorrow) in a company of environmental licensing. That's how I pay my bills. I'm waiting to be called to a new job at a University, in a laboratory of Botany.
In addition to like to grow plants, like music and spiritual ceremonies involving music and plants. I play conga and maraca (kind of rattle) in these ceremonies ... and sing, too. I've been thinking about learning to play the accordion. It is a very expensive instrument, so I will need to plan very well.
I'm married and have a son and a daughter ... my treasures.
I love outdoor activities, bathing in the waterfall, a walk in the Woods, fire in night of moon ...
-
I'm lucky to spend most of my workday playing with plants, talking about plants, and writing about plants.
In my off time, I spend a lot of time outdoors. My soul requires frequent camping trips. I enjoy trail running as well. I like to pick up the guitar now and then. I enjoy cooking with good fresh food. I also love traveling when possible.
-
I'm working on my Master's in Mechanical Engineering. My research is in 3D printing.
I play the drums, primarily Jazz/Latin. Its mostly a meditative practice for me. I do not enjoy playing in bands for the most part.
Growing/collecting plants is a recent development in my life. This hobby largely developed because of STS. My folks are plant-people and are ecstatic about my interest in plants.
I'm gay (openly, though people don't seem to know unless I tell them), single, and in my late 20's.
My dream is to live in the far reaches of the desert in a small home surrounded by cacti and possibly a small creek or river.
-
Dude, I also dream of living out in the desert some day. Cacti all around me. :)
-
I do concrete. Ive been doing it for about 13 years. Some hobbies of mine are fishing, collecting native American artifacts (digging them out of the ground), writing music and growing plants. I have a 4 year old pit bull named Boogie, he's like my kid. That's about it :D
-
I used to have a pawn shop until recently, the business was actually good but demanded too much time and my family needed me at home.
I now sell classic kung fu flicks from home and take care of most of the housework, my kids, and my dogs. For hobbies I train in Mixed Martial Arts
and as you all know I now grow beautiful plants. I also do construction work on the side with my cousin every once and awhile to pay the bills and extra cash.
-
I'm currently working as a personal care aide for a man with severe cerebral palsy; I moved him into my apartment with me this spring which has allowed me to start my humble little garden. I've been working for him for a bit over 2 years now, a career turn I never would have imagined for myself.
Before this I was studying Materials Science and Engineering and worked in a university research lab for nano-structured materials. This job has been a very humbling, difficult, and rewarding learning experience in ways I never imagined. I do hope to go back to school and science someday but I know that life has plenty of lessons for me before I return to academia.
My hobbies have always been fairly intensive and eclectic, ranging from ham radio and building Tesla coils to spirituality, entheogens and plenty of things in between. Oh, and keeping with the original "circus arts" theme, I did spin a big triple-wicked fire staff at Burning Man a couple years ago (but not really before or since :P)
-
I am a chemist by education and work in the IT space.