Welcome!
Welcome to The Forgery!
If you’ve somehow stumbled across this site (admit it, you’re lost, aren’t you?) … here’s a brief overview: This site is meant to document ‘my journey into the world of blacksmithing‘, as I attempt to turn my all-consuming hobby into a new career.
Like many of my generation, I find myself, at the age of 35, somewhat discouraged by where I am in my career. I feel that I’ve wasted far too many years sitting at a desk, doing work that’s ultimately not that important. I’ve been laid off twice in the last 15 years due to employers going out of business – and the many years of work I did for those companies has ended up deleted or shredded.
In the future, when my young children are grown up, will they proudly say that “my dad could write one heck of a good report!“, or “nobody could make a spreadsheet as well as my dad!” … I don’t think so.
And so comes one of the toughest decisions of my life: stick with the status quo, keep going and hope for the best; or take a risk, make a drastic change, and start over (career wise). I choose the latter.
I’m certain of only one thing – the next few years will have some significant challenges!
