if you grew up on a farm, how has it affected the person you are today?

Answer 1

I grew up on a little farm in oklahoma and now live in NJ, half an hour from NYC. I think it has affected me in many ways, and the biggest one probably being that im content with small means. Im less rushed than alot of people and tend to take things slower (we lived 2 hours from the nearest store). Im also more innovative and creative. When you cant just run to town for whatever you need you tend to improvise and learn to make do with that you have. Im also very friendly, and wave at people when I probably shouldnt. :-)

Answer 2

I grew up on a ranch, not a farm, but I suspect the lifestyle was much the same. It was hard work and as a kid I resented the isolation and responsibility. It has only been with age that I have come to fully appreciate what the experience taught me...

I think it made me deeply aware of nature and the natural order to life and death. It gave me insight into the interconnectedness of each and every facet of my environment, fostering a profound respect for its delicate balance.
Because of where I grew up, I have a broad range of experience in self-sufficiency. I had to learn the basics of mechanical repair (due to isolation), gardening and food preservation, water conservation, recycling (though we didn't call it that), hunting (for food, not pleasure) and even the basics of herbal medicine with native plant usage along with advanced first aid. This was all just a part of daily life.
Early life in a remote area gave me a real sense of personal interdependence and a willingness to offer help when I see it is needed. It made me know the importance of being totally honest with myself. It also developed a strong work ethic... "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well."... and if you ignore or put off doing what needs done, you may very well end up hungry, cold and thirsty. Pretty basic stuff, but all things too many children aren't learning at their parent's knee these days.

How has it affected who I am today? I woke up one day and realized that exchanging dollars for hours in a maze of disconnected faces was no way for me, personally, to live. I chose to return to a simpler life and a healthier relationship with nature. The hard work now brings me satisfaction and the kind of peaceful sleep I didn't even know I was missing all those years!

Answer 3

I am amazed some one else actually wonders about this, as I have experienced the difference a lot in my life. I was raised on a farm until I was 15. In general, since I now go to college, it makes me a much harder worker in class and in the job field. In raising animals, some creature could die sometimes if you didn't go the extra mile to take care of it, so I feel I automatically do this in my life now. It also tends to give me more to talk about than other people and I can explain so many things that other people are like, wow, I can't believe you know that or can do that. It generally makes me a tougher person; ready for anything in the world! :)

Answer 4

I grew up in a country. I live among many farms, my home was on 5 acres land. I lived there until I was about 5 years old then move to big city.

I think it make me feel like I don't really fit anywhere. The city I born and grew up in has basically been overran with mcmansion. There's no hill, no barns, no large trees or field left. It's a very sad feeling because it's very hard for me to find place I truly feel like home.

I like fairly large space but with neighbors in view and stores closeby.

I moved to other city with population of about 100,000 about 6 months ago. I feel much happier over here and find nature to be very fasicanting. I often stop on bridge to stare at the river, stare at trees or birds when wait for bus, and other things. Also I tend to try give any animals space by walk around it if it's in way. I perfer to buy foods from farm markets. Also I seems to be happier with simple things.

I lived most of my life in Las Vegas and I remeber how much I hate it there. I don't like people there that much. I hate all chain businesses, I hate how there's almost no private business, I hate how there's so many traffics, I hate how people are so obossive with stupid things such as television, huge SUV, ugly mcmansion that look exactly same as their neighbor, etc...

I guess it basically affect me to develope lot of love for nature and uniqueness in cultures and taste in simpler thing. Also it make me much more nicer and understanding person. However it also make me somewhat bitter person, I'm alway very paranoid about big chain business overrun small city or country home getting torn down, trees being cutted down, river being convert into sewer pipe, etc...

Answer 5

I grew up in a farm in Iowa and moved out to RI later and I must say when I first moved here I was at a lose w/o all the work that had to be done but I found constructive ways to keep myself busy, sadly when I moved here I got made fun of a lot for my accent so I worked and changed it so now its hardly distinguishable.

Answer 6

I didn't grow up on a farm as such but I lived in a town of 5000 people on a property on the outskirts. I now live in a city of
70 000 people and that's big enough. Any more bigger than that and I start to get very uncomfortable. Longest I have lasted was seven months in a city of around 300 000. Hated it.

Answer 7

I didn't grow up on a farm, but I did grow up in the country. I now live in a big city and I hate it. I don't like being around a lot of people. I don't like the busyness of the city. I don't know if growing up in the country makes me feel this way or what, but I tend to think it does.

Answer 8

I didn't grow up on a farm but I would think it would help you learn responsibility.

Answer 9

not at all. You see i had a small ant farm in the city and... well we made it work. it took a lot of hard work but we made ends meet.

Answer 10

well on the farm a boy learns how to do certain things with the animals that perpares him to do certain things with the girls when the time comes. sheep is usually where we start and build up to cows. i knew some boys that learned to pleasure a mule. so farm boys have huge advantages growing up. it builds your confidence and ehances your character. abraham lincoln wrote a book on the subject under a fake name.