I'm about your size with a 3yr old and a full time job. I started burning all my vacation to get my hay and other custom jobs in the area done. Didn't bug me even a little until my son was born. Row crops haven't been as big of a deal. Can do those at night and not quite as time sensitive. Now that he's a little older and interested in the world, it has started to chew at me a little bit. Going anywhere for any amount of time(a day or 2) from may to Nov was next to impossible. 2 yrs ago I told the people that I was doing hay for I was done. This fall I plowed up more hay ground for corn in the spring. Down to 15 acres of hay, which is enough to feed our few critters. It's like someone has lifted a ton of weight off my shoulders. I know I'll still be busy during planting/wheat/fall, but at least it's not all the time and I can make time for him while not getting out of it. Saying that, I have the farming bug bad. Have since my grandpa sold out in the 80's when I was 5 or 6. Worked on farms from middle school on to a few years after I graduated, and chomped at the bit the few years I didn't dabble in it one way or another. I couldn't see myself giving this up unless forced to one way or another. If you don't have that drive where you really like doing it, there's no sense in it. Not doing it for the money that's for sure. Just don't make a hasty decision because of one bad year. I've had times where I've kind of looked in the mirror and wondered why I do this stuff, but it goes away quickly for myself. Don't force yourself to do it if you hate it though. You only live once.
On the auction side of things, I wouldn't be at your sale and that stuff is right in my wheelhouse. Older and affordable yet reliable. It's what a lot of us small time part timers use. I'd be at work mid day on a Thursday. The ones that bring the most around here are online or online prebidding/live combo. Seems to get way more involved.
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