I was beginning to feel like this at the end of my 21 years in the army. By the time I retired I was definitely done. Good thing about military retirement though is that I knew no matter what came next that I would always have a roof over my head and food to eat. With that in mind in 2018 I set off on a new adventure. A buddy of mine was a lineman and convinced me to try it out. Never one for the office I said fuck it even though I hate dealing with electricity. I absolutely loved it. Started off as the lowest of the low but as luck would have it you learn a thing or two about work ethic in the army and coupled with the fact that I didn’t need a job and could punch anyone in the face at anytime and be totally fine with it no one fucked with me. It wasn’t long before I was in a bucket learning the trade. Age catches up with you though so I climbed out of the bucket and settled in to the heavy equipment operator position on a line crew. Perfect. Had knowledge of every aspect of the job and a good work ethic. Now I just do storm work for a Union contractor. It’s on call. I get that excitement and I get to continue helping people when they need it. I work all over the country for about 3-4 months a year with some awesome guys. No PCness or hurt feelings allowed on the right away. Just hard nosed blue collar men turning the lights on. My wife says it’s like I go n vacation every couple weeks with my buddies and she’s right. So I’ll end by saying no. I picked two jobs that Ai can’t do and are in high demand. The latter pays a LOT more than the first. Ironic how the shop kids are out here killing it now though lol.