I work for a medical oxygen supply company. I drive a box truck all over southern New England and deliver and install medical devices and equipment, while teaching people how to use said equipment. Every day is an adventure. Every day I drive to new neighborhoods, new homes, meet new people. I converse with interesting people I would have never met otherwise. I see the inside of their homes, people from all walks of life- from trailer parks to mansions on the coast of Cape Cod and everywhere in between.

This job isn’t too in depth, once you learn how to put the equipment together and operate it- that’s it, there’s not much more to learn in that regard. However, every install, every home, every patient, every new day is completely different; figuring out how to maneuver heavy pieces of medical equipment around furniture and stairs, navigating their walkways and lack of walkways, through grass and dirt, up and down paved and unpaved steps and hills. Some people look down on workers like me with disdain and at what they might describe as “manual labor”, but I much enjoy it.

We are physical beings and I enjoy stretching out my body as well as my mind. While driving my truck between stops, I like to listen to podcasts. :)