I want to be a trucker!!!

At 16 I recall the daily demand of meeting the educational direction.
Pre plan a status set with 5 year goals.
there's no time be a kid.

yet change is constant,

 

If you really want to get paid to travel then work to become an airline pilot. Instead of traveling to a different state you'll be traveling to a different country and be served dinner by a pretty girl. A widebody captain is limited to flying a maximum of 100 hours per month by law but yet make $200k per year.

It's not easy to become one though. You'll need a degree and most have a military flying background. It can also take as much as three years from the day you turn in your application to getting accepted and invited to training.

It tried for it and did not succeed. That's how I became a trucker.

 

Wait....you're 16 years old
Attend cdl school when you're 18 years old and drive intrastate until you're 21 yrs. old, then run all 48 states.
Join the US Navy SeaBees as an EO (Equipment Operator) then go right into trucking after your enlistment is over.

 

You are young, do not pick trucking as a career it will be a huge mistake. Find something that will give you a real income and allow you to raise a family while you are actually there. Why anyone would choose such a low paying career that keeps you away from friends and family is beyond me. Life is too short, live it, don't waste it in a truck, just my humble opinion.