Hmm. I've had friends stating they feel like going into something agricultural.
But consider that on that idyllic countryside farm, you need to wake up at 5 to feed the cows on a fine summer day. Also on that stormy day when you have to wade through half a food of mud to the barn * . And also when the snow is up to your waist * .
Another solution is using that income from your cushy tech job to get some fulfilling hobbies?
* I have waded through half a foot of mud and waist high snow, but recreationally. That was fun, but it's a different thing when you have to do it every day because you must.
Yes I have noticed this too. There is a small but significant homesteading movement. Ironically, working from home in IT, or making videos about homesteading and using the views to sell products, is often the way these people make it financially possible.
The cow farmers of Bavaria (and Austria, and probably some other places too) had this figured out centuries ago already: they simply built the cow stable back-to-back with the main farm house, so no need to go outdoors to look after the cows and other livestock anymore. But you still have to get up in the wee hours of morning of course...
But consider that on that idyllic countryside farm, you need to wake up at 5 to feed the cows on a fine summer day. Also on that stormy day when you have to wade through half a food of mud to the barn * . And also when the snow is up to your waist * .
Another solution is using that income from your cushy tech job to get some fulfilling hobbies?
* I have waded through half a foot of mud and waist high snow, but recreationally. That was fun, but it's a different thing when you have to do it every day because you must.