I just turned 27 this past Sunday to walk into work on Monday and find out i was fired. I am done. Time to go back to the hippy i was a decade ago before i cut my hair and got a job..shocking that cutting my hair and getting a job has gotten me no where in life. ten years as a cook and a chef and i got nada. So my girlfriend and I want to jump into commune liftstyle. We work hard. she is a baker and i am a now former chef that needs to enjoy life again..we dont. at all. So i was wondering how to start. We got two cats and a car thats about it at this point. We live in Vermont and oh sure it seems cool here but..there are problems up here. we have thought and talked a lot about it and we know its best for us. Help?
There is a program called, Woofers (I think).... that hooks up farms needing help with people wanting to travel and learn how to live more closely with nature. Sometimes those interactions work into something more permanent. You'd have better luck with them in the Spring, though... when farms are looking for help. There is the site, Intentional Communities... where you can put up an ad and read about communities seeking new members. That's the two I can think of right now. Best of luck to you and your lady.
I am a chef and i was working on a ski mountain. a small one. very old and the owner doesnt know what he is doing. long story very complicated. but at the end of it the kitchen passed the health inspection and the mountain failed as i said it would so i got fired. A lot of stuff was broken and they all expected the Inspector to ignore it like he did it last year. kitchens dont work like thats. its all Murphys law
You might want to think the whole commune thing over. I've never been in a commune, but my impression is that lots of communes fail, and even if they don't fail, it can be a difficult way to live. I think that most people don't stay in communes their whole lives, but maybe try it out for a few years. You may want to check out a rainbow family event. There will be lots of opportunities to use your chef skills, if that is what you would like to do. It could be that traveling or opening your own resto is something that you would like to try. A reboot sounds like a good idea, but you might want to consider some non-commune options too.
Maybe you would like to check out the Amma tour. I don't know if they give you much or anything, but that might be something you'd like.
Sometimes failing is a way of life. I think there used to be gatherings in Florida over the winter. Not so sure you would be invited to a commune. But, there are a lot of people getting by at gatherings.
I can understand that problem. BTDT. But you do know that if there isn't much money there, the work level multiplies several times over. No free lunch either way you turn, friend.
