Why did you become a truck driver?

I am interested to see why others go into truck driving.

 

How has your experience with truck driving been so far? Local or otr?

 

Very nice. Do you find that you have enough free time to do whatever every day or does it feel as though your job consumes you? Trying to decide between going OTR or driving local.

 

Yeah it seems as though most truckers would rather do something else.. blah. I should start taking their advice before i really get into something i don't want to do. I mean like, if MOST people tell me to do something else, do i honestly think i'll be any different and LOVE the job? I mean, i may. But the chances are slim, and are definitely not worth risking. I thought i'd be fine with trucking since i love being alone. But were talking, being alone most of the day every single day. Like 23 hours a day. Me alone in my truck, with perhaps an animal. Could i really do that? With not much time to socialize on a daily basis? I don't think so. I think frequent human interaction is beneficial for a healthy human brain. I think i'd literally go insane now that i think about it. Looks like i'll be finding something else. I still don't mind using this forum and reading everyone's posts though.

It's very nice to know that most truckers warn other people just so they know what their getting themselves into. Lots of nice people it seems.