As a young person my partner and I moved to the Waikato area so I could attend the local university. Accommodation proved to be difficult to find so we looked around at cottages for rent on local dairy farms. Eventually we were offered a cottage on the understanding that we would run the farm for a month while the farmer went away on his annual holiday. This was not just rent in lieu of working on the farm, it was accommodation for actually running the farm! I said yes, we could do that although I had never really been on, or worked on a dairy farm in my life. We had a weeks induction and then we were in charge! It was one of the greatest challenges in my life but we did it; the farm survived and I learnt an important lesson. Don’t be afraid of taking on really big challenges, even though they may seem daunting at the outset they are usually achievable. More importantly, by taking on big challenges you learn how to utilise the resources you will need to achieve the outcome you want. I have subsequently faced bigger challenges than running a farm for a month, but I am sure the lessons I learned from this experience made these new challenges more possible to achieve.
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