Am I Crazy?

Got it. Decision made.

Brett worked in the old days when Men drive Trucks and Logs were paper. You could easily be creative there. E-logs have a bit of "futz-ability" but not like the old days.

Your sleep time is mostly up to you. As long as you make your appointments, and you stick to the Hours of Service (the drive/duty time regulations) it's up to you.

And being alone in that cab with no one to bother you, you pretty much can sleep in the times you feel like it. Yes this is an individual issue.

Errol,

Thanks for the reply again. I figured with how much tracking and technology has advanced these past few years, fudging the books would be a bit more difficult these days. I am glad to hear sleep will be allowed...I am ok with having usual patterns, but perform at a much higher level when my sleep comes in one rest instead of 4-5 naps throughout a 24 hour period.

As for your second reply...it is crazy to think EMT get paid so little for what they do...and the medics I work with I feel had it even worse! Sure they get paid more...a whopping 11.50 to start where I worked but they had another year and a half of schooling and the ability to do practically anything an RN can, and sometimes more while RNs get paid 60-70K plus...and most of the time what RN does is under an MD's orders, not making life-and death decision in the matter of seconds with only me (an EMT) to consult. Definitely a very underpaid part of the healthcare field IMO!

Dylan,

In healthcare as in any profession, you gotta pay your dues. Dues meaning low pay, long hours & working your way up. NYC is a great place but expensive as you say even for those of us that live in the area. It's also a place most truckers would be glad to stay clear of due to the traffic & amount of time that it would take to deliver a single load.

Healthcare is out, check.

Trucking is a good possibility even for me. I'm in a similar situation with a Sociology (pre-med minor) and Labor Relations degree but no job willing to pay me what I'm worth. I have experience working in technology startups, healthcare, retail, and real estate. I know that I want to be a facilities manager but don't have the money to pay for a $100k graduate degree. I don't want to go back into sales although it would make more money if one had the talent for it than any other job in the world. For all the sales in the world, the product has got to get to its destination. That's understandable & a great thing that the transportation industry hasn't died out with technology and progress. It can't be outsourced to another country.

I know your pain but you have the advantage of being a couple decades younger than I. Your hardships that I was referring to was moving to NYC from someplace else, getting your degree & realizing that you don't want to go into healthcare. It is an accomplishment to be proud of even if it's temporary.

When I was younger I moved to Los Angeles and settled in San Jose, California during the dot com era. From there I went to Las Vegas to delve into real estate. When I was forced to return "home", I got into healthcare before the Affordable Care Act (which has changed the way insurance works, Medicare/Medicaid wasn't paying enough to begin with). Then I lost it all including my house in Las Vegas which I was renting out when I moved back east. Needless to say, I've been trying to get it all back & crawl out of the hole that I found myself in.

Also, most people don't know what to do with their lives just don't get stuck in a job that you hate for 20 years before you realize that it isn't for you. My friends keep telling me that I have to pay my dues which is hard because I've paid my dues in 3 different professions and now I'm gonna have start all over again.

Sorry for getting off topic. Here are some links that might be of interest.

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