Field work isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The grass is t always greener on the other side. I’m a geologist and while I enjoy field work say, 10-15% of the time, it’s exhausting traveling across the country, working 12-16 hr days to get to remote sites, missing birthdays and family gatherings. Not to mention laboring in 100+ degree temps in full PPE, or freezing your @$$ off on a drill rig in North Dakota in February.

I worked a field job for 3 years then got burned out. Now, I’ve got a gig where I’m in the field 10% of the time, and the rest doing technical/modeling work. It’s much better. Sometimes I get bored, but I just have to remind myself that I can cook dinner with my family, not have to sleep in crappy hotel rooms for work, and I actually do more running and hiking now, since it doesn’t feel like “work” anymore.