Can I do it and do it well?

Some thinngs Im considering.....

When I first started driving I was a very young 29 years old. I had no idea what I wanted, and really didnt even know how to identify my goals, with any accuracy that is. I found it hard to survive with my share of .22 cpm teaming at CRST, that frustration got compounded with every bad directions and attitudes at shippers and receivers. I also found it difficult, at best, to sleep in a moving truck, though I did get better at it.

After I met my wife in 2005 I jumped on the fast track to some maturity. She blessed me with two teenage boys, that helped me grow from a "me me me" person. Getting those two boys did more for my patience and my sense of understanding, than any other event in my life, and I believe I have learned a great deal of patience and maturity, though I still do like to laugh, cut-up and occasionally tell fishing stories, which will be Truck Driver Stories again soon enough.

I am developing a theory, a two part theory, its not pefect, but it goes like this...

1. Life takes all the money you will ever make. If you make $10,000 a year or if you make $100,000 a year, when your gone, life will have taken evey penny of it. The only reason that I can come up with to chase more money than I actually need, is to make sure my bosses and their bosses get eveything they want. Somewhere out there is a boss that needs a new car, and I'm just the guy to make sure he gets it. But, I digress, Life will take all your money. Life will even take all of Bill Gates' money.

2. It doesn't really matter what I do for work, I will have challenges that, at that moment, will seem like the whole world hinges on what some one else has done to make my job harder. While in reality, it plays such a small role in the happiness of my family and I. I've never been out of work and I've never been dead broke with no money; as I age this statement might be harder to live up to. These challenges really amount to little in th big picture.

I am confident I'll do well at it, and I'm confident my wife will do the same. I am just as confident that recognizing the short comings of the industry and the trade, and recognizing what it takes to be a success in this craft, because this is a craft, not unlike welding or carpentry or millwright work, will better my chances for acheiving SUPERTRUCKER status. LOL. I get a little worked up...