If you don't plan on going to college, go technical, get certifications, get into manufacturing get up the chain of command, survive the operator level bs for a few years, volunteer for shit, work extra hard, show interest in maintenance, engeneering, machining, calibration etc...

You'll get up there

Or do trucking in you got no home life, no wife and kids etc...

Work hard and build a future

Working with fast food seems to much to me

I can see a restaurant but fast food is a fuck

I'd be spooked I'd fuck up

But enjoy being young and partying and seeing friends

I hate fast food and retail

I refuse to deal with that shit

And overbearing management

Trucking can fuck you up

I like trucking because I have a shit load of freedom, work as hard or little as I want, choose when to be home, make a shit load of money and you can quite literally tell you FM to fuck off

But also danger, poor health and liability

Trucking seems fun if you have sound mental health

I mean...

I sometimes lose it, I drink alot, have long sad night drives etc...

But I get over it

Honestly my bf is my motivation

Cuz I'm a fag like that

Knowing I'm gonna see him again keeps me going, especially through the long dark drives in the middle of nowhere

I watched a video recently and one thing stuck out to me "teeth are the first reminder of mortality" I spent a whole shift thinking about that and I always worry about what kind of horrors await me in the future, what could go wrong, what if I crash, what if I die or get horribly disfigured, what if my mom dies and I'm not there for her. What if I die alone out here in the cold dark sleeper bunk at some truckstop in wyoming not to be found for days. I'm afraid of dying alone honestly.

Also going to jail or getting diabetes are my two other main fears.

Why would you go to jail

Trucking is full of liability

A guy got life in prison because his brakes failed and plowed through 20 cars killing a bunch of people

Christ

Do you check your breaks on the regular now

He was legally responsible for the proper maintenance of his vehicle, but you can't find everything in a pretrip inspection, sometimes shit happens while you're driving

Yeah

I do an inspection at the begining of every shift and do maintenance check ups at a shop every 6 months

Huh

Or if I fall asleep at the wheel or not paying attention or miss something as I'm merging I could kill someone

I'm very good about it, but it only takes one mistake out of a years and possibly decades long career to end it all

That possibility is always looming over your head but you just gotta keep going and burry your anxiety

I trust my judgement and skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RARli-Pufvw Incredibly depressing

Thank you doggor for the support and advice

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@country doggo I suggest doing a professional course on diesel mechanics

You'll like it