I want to be a trucker!!!

Is trucking really THAT bad? I am currently a 16 year old male looking to go into the trucking industry for a career. I plan on going to college, studying business management, learning as much as i can about trading stocks and investing, and am basically looking to start my own trucking company one day and make the big bucks. After studying business and what not in college, I plan on doing OTR trucking or local trucking for a few years, than once I rise in the ranks a bit, I want to own my own truck and start my own business. Is trucking really as bad as people make it out to be? I have considered going to college, getting into medical school and becoming a surgeon, have considered being a cop, have considered joining the military, being an airline pilot, and a few other professions but trucking has been the career choice that really sticks with me the most. I'm sure I could start up and run a trucking business successfully in the future, so I don't really see a problem. I'm not planning on marrying or having kids at an early age or anything. I plan on doing that when I'm making enough money to support my wife and kids. If I do get married, I want it to be with a lovely lady who loves my career choice and wouldn't mind team trucking with me. What do you think of all of this? Should I consider looking more into trucking and starting a business, or choose a completely different career such as being a doctor or something?

Thank you for your time. --Lucidd

 

I hear its possible to make like $200k plus a year if you own a company?

 

Now I am unsure on what to do. I would love to truck and have a sense of freedom and adventure, but i would also like to become successful in what I'm doing and be able to, at some point after having a successful company, sit back and let the money come to me, so to speak.
What really draws me towards trucking is the fact that I'll be constantly on the move, seeing new things every day, meeting new people. And during my off time, I'd take out a bike or motorcycle and go explore the town a bit. I would be a surgeon, but i don't want to feel confined to any one particular location for long periods of time. Such as, working in the same state every single day for years. I want to get out there, see the world, and make money at the same time.

 

What's your opinion on trucking? Do you regret it?

 

Thanks everyone I will keep an open mind about going into trucking in the future. I am currently learning as much as i can, and am also watching lots of trucking vlogs such as Trucker Josh on Youtube. Trucking seems really fun to be honest. But then again, I have always been the type of kid who wanted an RV and wanted to always be on the move and what not, rather than living in some boring apartment paying rent. I love this lifestyle. I considered getting myself an RV in the future for quite a long time, but realized how hard it would be to find a job since i wouldn't have a permanent address and what not. I figured, why not be a trucker. It seems to be sort of the same lifestyle, and I'll get paid while doing it so i wouldn't have to worry about what job ill be working, one after the other.
I'm the type of person who would rather live in a vehicle and experience something new every day rather than sitting in the same boring state, knowing exactly what tomorrow brings me.

Do you think i have the right mindset for becoming a trucker? I often hear people complaining about the fact that trucking is not what they expected, so they end up getting out of it soon after. I don't want to be that person lol