So I'm old, uneducated and broke
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how did your bro get started on his career path?
He started the hard way. Paid his way through CDL school, and went into team driving with his best friend before going solo. He started around the year 2003 so he got his years in. He bought his first truck with the help of my parents around 2005-06. He bought his first house around the same time, sold it a couple years ago and bought a new construction house all cash last year. My other brother was like everyone else, going from job to job looking for something to stick. He was in Ohio working for GE, came back to NYC and worked for a company contracting for NYC DEP making real good money, but got laid off when the company lost the contract. His family was still in Ohio at the time and he went through a rough stretch. He talked to my brother and he moved his family to live with him in Georgia. He's now in trucking getting his first year in and will look for something local or regional with the ultimate goal of owning his own truck.
If you have a plan, and know how to be responsible, you can make a good living. You have to give up a lot your first year, but after that it's a career that will last unless you're a drug addict, alcoholic or accident prone.
Find a good christian church so you won't have to be so lonely....
That's cool but focus on getting your money up first and make sure the girl is worth it...some woman will flip on u fast
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I'm about to turn 28, breh.being a single black man in this world must be some next level shyt i hope that aint my destiny
If I don't make changes that will be my fate.
I mean, I'm educated, I have marketable skills, but really, if you're old, single, and Black, NOBODY GIVES A SH!T.
International Playa
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Man this thread sooo inspiring, Im already starting to apply for a better paying job of the strength of this thread alone.
OP not having kids really is a pro, you can move anywhere for work or start again at any given time. You 41 breh, you got at least 25-30 years of working life,
OP not having kids really is a pro, you can move anywhere for work or start again at any given time. You 41 breh, you got at least 25-30 years of working life,
i wouldn't kill myself in your situation.
first thing i would do is start lifting weights. register to a gym and start a weight lifting program that you will follow with discipline. no need to go health crazy but also eat a little cleaner.
also, sit down and write. write why you are unhappy. write what you don't like about your life, what you want to change, write what you want. write why you want it, what will it get you. get to the common denominator. then seperate the list into stuff that just can't be helped (people who passed away, mistakes from the past, etc). and the stuff that you can change. Then you need to make logical plans on how to get what you want with clear measurable objectives and timelines. write it all down.
then slowly, redesign your life and living space, relationships, habits, mental train of thoughts, take all that and redesign/realign them with the sole purpose of supporting these plans that you have. stick to it as much as possible. re-evaluate and retweak whenever you need. forgive yourself and pick yourself up to go even harder after the rare times you slip up.
life isn't that serious breh. i mean it is but it isn't...the fact you have no wife or children to take care of, you might as well go all out and be great. if whatever you've been doing for the last 40 years hasn't been working for you, maybe you should try to switch it up and go a little left with it if only to see what happens.
get your hustle on. learn to find joy in the hustle and grind of it all. pay down your debt if you can and try to be as free as you can (whatever freedom means to you...)
but no i wouldn't kill myself if i were you. I won't even tell you to eliminate fear out your life. But what i will tell you is that you need to stop being your fear's bytch. Good luck breh.
first thing i would do is start lifting weights. register to a gym and start a weight lifting program that you will follow with discipline. no need to go health crazy but also eat a little cleaner.
also, sit down and write. write why you are unhappy. write what you don't like about your life, what you want to change, write what you want. write why you want it, what will it get you. get to the common denominator. then seperate the list into stuff that just can't be helped (people who passed away, mistakes from the past, etc). and the stuff that you can change. Then you need to make logical plans on how to get what you want with clear measurable objectives and timelines. write it all down.
then slowly, redesign your life and living space, relationships, habits, mental train of thoughts, take all that and redesign/realign them with the sole purpose of supporting these plans that you have. stick to it as much as possible. re-evaluate and retweak whenever you need. forgive yourself and pick yourself up to go even harder after the rare times you slip up.
life isn't that serious breh. i mean it is but it isn't...the fact you have no wife or children to take care of, you might as well go all out and be great. if whatever you've been doing for the last 40 years hasn't been working for you, maybe you should try to switch it up and go a little left with it if only to see what happens.
get your hustle on. learn to find joy in the hustle and grind of it all. pay down your debt if you can and try to be as free as you can (whatever freedom means to you...)
but no i wouldn't kill myself if i were you. I won't even tell you to eliminate fear out your life. But what i will tell you is that you need to stop being your fear's bytch. Good luck breh.
Here is some inspiration.
Start abusing Adderall, going to the gym everyday, eating healthy, go back to Community College, get a haircut, get on a dating site, go to H&M and start dressing like a grown man, and profit.
Dwayne_Taylor
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Like others have said get a cdl. I had an uncle in a simular situation except he had two teenagers and chronic knee problems. He is now a bus driver. Makes more than 90k depending on how much overtime he does.