So I'm working as a programmer right now, but when I'm

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So I'm working as a programmer right now, but when I'm working, I feel restless and unfocused on my task straight through. It took me two days to complete a task for work which I could've less than a day if I were fully focused, and it doesn't make me happy that I spend so much time to do so little. In the longterm, I feel this career choice might not work out, if I'm constantly fighting the temptation of internet access on my computer.

On the other hand, I fantasize about becoming a butcher, and preparing beef and pork and fish for a living, and also running a smokehouse off my family property. My sister is living in the old farmhouse on my dad's farm, and she's raising a pig, which should be ready for slaughter in the next couple months. She also has a steer which will be ready for slaughter next year. Also, my dad's girlfriend has a brother who hunts elk up in the northwest, and I might be able spend time with him and help pack out his kills and cure/smoke some of it with him.

The problem is that I am not an outdoorsman in the least, and I have very little experience with anything other than video games and MTG, and due to the fact that I'm working at a startup, I'm living pretty hand-to-mouth right now, so I don't have much in the way of money to fund a big life change like this.

What should I do? I could have an easy life moving into a better tech job, but I'd be too stretched thin from work hours to learn meat sufficiently, or I could take a big risk on learning a skill that might be more fulfilling but will have a lower income ceiling, but will also mean a closer relationship with my family, family business, and the food on my plate. How should I get started on becoming a butcher if going to school for it isn't really an option at this point?