Tell about the time you wanted to hang it up

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@AllSport

I just strolled by because I was thinking about all of this again. First, congrats on the new horse! I’m still in my funk though. I decided to stop riding, try to find better employment for a work life balance (giving myself a year, prayers welcome!) and then start shopping. I’m very much over my years of riding for other people. However, I’ve been asked to ride a former mount at another barn to fill in some exercise time temporarily. I was going to say no but gave in since my phone was never silent. I’ve ridden 2x now and was bored out of my mind and still just not really feeling it. The horse is perfectly fine.

The problem is that IF I do finally get myself in a position to have TIME to buy, I’m not sure if I’ll have the courage to buy. I love a project, I love a challenge. Once I get a horse past the problems or initial training it needs I get bored. Sure I could take lessons and advance in dressage or jumping but I just really enjoy the problem solving parts I can do on my own with out help. Its so rewarding. However I don’t want to “flip” horses, not sure I’d have the heart for it anyway. Well, that’s my 2 cents. Maybe by winter I’ll be over this funk, who knows.

Maybe consider donating your time to a rescue or an OTTB rehoming program. You would have a never ending supply of green/problem horses and you don’t have to spend anything beyond your time. If I had the space/time, I would totally take horses off the track and put a year on them and flip them. It is expensive and time consuming, but a lot of fun to me.

[AllSport]

I would LOVE that. I believe the CANTER site nearest me is over an hour away. I already spend 2+ hrs commuting each day and have a family to deal with so the distance is just too much for me right now. I haven’t heard of anything local to me but I suppose I can check again. Great idea though!