Woodworking is a “retirement career” for me and one I started sort of by accident. My husband had started his own retirement career a couple of years prior as a wood sawyer taking trees and logs and turning them into rough-sawn lumber. I’ve always loved the natural look of wood objects and have an appreciation for the inherent and intrinsic beauty of wood, so it seemed a natural extension of the business. I knew nothing about woodworking, so I had a huge learning curve. I had no woodworking equipment either, so we gathered the basics from family, auctions, sales, etc. I crashed the men's woodworking club, took over my husband’s shop, got many hours of help from a cousin-in-law with long-term wood-crafting experience and watched many instructional videos to learn the basics of the trade.
I have learned so much and there is still so much to learn. There is a term that I have embraced—Rational Ignorance! You cannot be an expert in everything, so choose the things that are crucial and of most benefit, and let the others go or save for later.
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