Trucking for a couple years before switching to another career?

I haven't worked in the past 5 years, only attended college and taken care of an elderly relative, so my resume isn't the most impressive.

 

Right, I know I've put myself in a bad situation, made worse by debts and decisions, my living situation as such included. On top of all that I would be in line to get my relatives house when they passed.. if I waited around until that happened. Unfortunately waiting around for that keeps me preoccupied and juggling work and being there for this person's needs and doctors appointments and etc, which is getting harder and harder to do as time goes on. If I don't get out of the situation and get something rolling, I could very well end up with the same thing I have no, with no skills or job, and no money to maintain the house. That's why I figure it's best to get out of the situation while I can, move back in with parents, try to work towards undoing mistakes via trucking, then work towards a career of my choice, like in welding. Like I said before, I could go right into welding, but then I risk paying on student loans for 15-25 years with nothing to show for it rather than 2-3. Fortunately other family members are willing to take care of my loved one so I can get on with getting some kind of career set up.

I'm trying to avoid that outcome you just mentioned, as I see it as a very real possibility.

 

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College these days teaches you first and foremost to be a marxist. Secondly it teaches you to follow your dreams, paying no attention whatsoever to the job prospects behind English Literature or Art History, etc. As long as you goto college, you're doing what matters (getting in massive debt).

My degree is generalized, not focused to any field. It's a good associates to build onto a bachelors, but that's about it. If you can find me a field in which general science is all you need to start working, I'd be thrilled. Last time I checked, scientists usually require a bit more than an associates.

I'd be moving in with my parents to pay down a debt so I could continue on into the future. My parents would not let me live with them without me working or going to college, while contributing monthly to rent. If you think my situation is unique, just wait until you see how my generation pans out with the multitudes of art majors I know. Let alone the legions of socialists colleges are producing. The only conservatives I had in college taught science and math. All other professions that had anything to do with ideology, history, literature, humanities, ethics, philosophy, etc, were stuffed with marxists, open, blatant, unapologetic marxists. I consider myself one of the lucky few to get through without being brainwashed. Unfortunately, if you're not a marxist, suddenly a lot of positions and scholarships and recommendations dry up, too, because you're just not "paying attention to the facts."

I'm here on this board because I want to work my way out of debt. I had no idea that this idea would be held as repugnant.

I may have made some bad decisions, but I'm not afraid to eat humble pie. Call me all the names you want, it won't change my ambition to put myself in the best situation in the shortest amount of time by working as hard as I can. If that's being childish, then I don't want to be any other way.

I know my whole paycheck wouldn't be going towards that, but if I'm going to drive truck I'm going to do it to make money and work hard. I'd be doing it to pay off debt, not have a great time hitting up strip clubs. I'd have basic amenities, but if more than 1/8th of my pay went to those things, I'm doing it wrong. If a truck has a sleeper cab I can't imagine paying for a hotel room. I could see bringing a bicycle along with me, somehow. I've heard of guys doing something like this before, even with motorcycles sometimes.

I've been living a spartan lifestyle in college while taking care of all the needs of an elderly relative that took care of me earlier in life as is. I'm confident that I can pour a majority of my money into one goal if I had to, especially if I had to go back to my parents house after a long haul. It'd be a reminder of exactly why I'm doing what I'm doing and why I have to push and fight to change it.