I am not entirely sure I should even start posting on this blog..
I am sure eventually I'd be able to say that posting on here, was like opening a can of worms. However, I have two other blog spots, and well, I guess I could probably afford to voice some of my concerns about my own profession and question whether or not I am still as much in love with coffee as I used to be, or is it finally time for me to move on and try to find a job in the roasting industry.
I would certainly love to find a balance between both to be honest.
There's always too much drama in a coffee house. Granted there will always be some sort of drama in the work place, but at the same time it just seems childish and it sucks having to be in on it, because certain people don't like you. blahblahblah.
Fuck that noise.
I am ready to go into a different field of coffee, I've been a Barista now for many years, and I am ready for something new and challenging. I have always had a goal to eventually roast, but I've loved the aspects of either being in production or processing orders via a data entry position instead.
I guess that's my entire purpose as to why I joined this website, to network and find a way into something I've always wanted to get into.
I also guess I am ready to grow up and do something more serious with myself. Have better, stable hours, so I can start focusing on the rest of my life..
Certainly I can't do that being a Barista, and I don't want to be a 35 year old Barista, either. At some point, I'll be too old to do what I am doing, without seriously hurting myself.
Anyway, it's a day off for me, highly enjoyable and without coffee. I find that I drink way too much while I am at work so I use my days off to cleanse myself of coffee goodness.
I finally mastered the art of making hearts in my drinks. One "goal" down, next it's tackling the Rosetta leaf.