Nervous,Scared, But Confident.

Ok. Quit my job of 20 years and start school this monday. I drove out to the school i will be attending for the first week just to find it. I'm almost done with the TruckingTruth High Road Training Program (still in the 90+ percent range). I have even bought a training aid in the form of a scale model Semi Truck just to Kind of visualize what a trailer will do when making right turns or backing up. I am getting nervous and scared. I am confident that i will do extremely well. I will use this nervous fear as a motivating factor. I will keep updating my progress as my new adventure begins.

Ok. Quit my job of 20 years and start school this monday. I drove out to the school i will be attending for the first week just to find it. I'm almost done with the tt high road program (still in the 90+ percent range). I have even bought a training aid in the form of a scale model Semi Truck just to Kind of visualize what a trailer will do when making right turns or backing up. I am getting nervous and scared. I am confident that i will do extremely well. I will use this nervous fear as a motivating factor. I will keep updating my progress as my new adventure begins.

Dude,you don't need to sweat it because with the High Road and your Training Aid you'll do fine.. Good Luck

Good luck! Anyone can learn to drive a truck with practice. The trucking lifestyle is worth it all!

Oh man I just checked your scores and I see it happen to be during a bit of a rough patch. Those Logbook and Weight & Balance sections are a doozie ya know it?

You know it!

Yeah, getting started in trucking is all about determination and attitude. Stay positive, keep working hard every day, and don't sweat the small stuff. When you're going through school try to get to know the other people in the class who are taking it seriously and have a great attitude. Work together to help each other out.

It's going to seem like a relatively violent roller coaster ride at times for the next six months but then it gets easier and the rest of your career will just be a slightly less violent roller coaster ride.

Seriously, I'm sure you'll do great. Ask a lot of questions and keep reporting back to us. We'll do all we can to help out.

You will do fine. I started this past week after a job of 22 years. Leaving behind that security was scary as hell. All those questions pop in your head. What if Ifail? Will I be able to actually handle those big machines? Etc, etc, etc. Trust I still have some of those thoughts. Nothing in life is easy. The only time you fail is when you don't try or quit. You will do fine. Have fun and good luck!

Thank you all very much. i shall continue my studying. i am eager to start. and i will keep everyone updated.