I’m not sick of it… I still enjoy it…
But after 14 years driving trucks since I was 19 I do wonder: what else could I do with my life?
I couldn’t sit in an office that’s for sure…
Maybe I just need more hobbies 
If you were to give it up… what would you do? 
Before the financial crisis I was an accountant, good money but stuck behind a desk. Suppose with a couple of exams I could go back
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I was an international male gigolo specialising in profiteroles …and when I retire I will go back to it.
OwenMoney:
I was an international male gigolo specialising in profiteroles …and when I retire I will go back to it.
Hahaha
Brilliant
Got any jobs? I love profiteroles
Profiteroles always bring back ecstatic memories of a young lady and a delicious weekend in Montmartre Paris
(There you go Wandering Star )
I know a couple people on agency that run small holdings and do 2 or 3 shifts a week on the agency to keep their toe in the game
Rest of the time, they run the small holdings and see achievement for their time working at their own pace.
Some run hobby businesses on the side, such as E-Commerce with a niche.
One even runs a utility dog training thing a couple days a week.
Not sure what I would do personally
Well if I hadn’t have taken my class1, I would possibly have been grpC No1, or a ■■■■ Star.
When I was 17, I worked for Tyne and Wear PTE, (Some will remember them.) in the stores on a temporary secondment. I applied to be an apprentice engineer, and was told I was too old!!!
I always fancied working on big engines, like trucks or buses, but if I could turn the clock back, I would have gone into the RAF as an aircraft engineer, and learnt my trade that way.
I have been fortunate of late, as I am now a full time TM, and have at least got off driving Class 1 after nearly 24 years, and being in the game a lot longer.
Ken.
I signed pro for Warrington RLFC when I was 16. I thought I was going to be the next big thing in the Rugby League world but sadly it was not to be…I wasn’t bloody good enough! I started driving a mate’s Dad’s bread van when I was 17, and have driven for a living ever since.
Finished my diesel apprenticeship… but more than likely on a grader or scraper: dumper on civil work
Quinny:
if I could turn the clock back, I would have gone into the RAF
Yea that was my dream
Forever kicking myself I didn’t join at 16 
Quinny:
If I could turn the clock back, I would have gone into the RAF as an aircraft engineer, and learnt my trade that way.
I was between the RAF and Royal Engineers back then- Turns out I wouldn’t make it to the medical with a hip replacement
Evolved:
Quinny:
if I could turn the clock back, I would have gone into the RAFYea that was my dream
Forever kicking myself I didn’t join at 16
I did join at 16 (Technician Apprentice, Airframes/Propulsion). My only regret is that I didn’t stick with it. I was young, (very) naive and, if truth be told was simply homesick and jacked it in.
I worked for a turf accountant,from my late teens.
But as greyhound stadia were gradually closing,and rules regarding horse racing changed meaning less work…I decided to learn how to weld.
Carried on working for bookies for a while aswell,saw Hinckley dogs out…then got in with a bloke that did point to point and trotting.
Quit racing altogether,in the early naughties whilst simultaneously deciding manual labour(welding)was gash.
Done the hgv soon after…and never looked back.
Love it still
Roymondo:
Evolved:
Quinny:
if I could turn the clock back, I would have gone into the RAFYea that was my dream
Forever kicking myself I didn’t join at 16
I did join at 16 (Technician Apprentice, Airframes/Propulsion). My only regret is that I didn’t stick with it. I was young, (very) naive and, if truth be told was simply homesick and jacked it in.
I probably would of done the same thing 
Anyway…1030 start,in the morning.
Must get some rest.
Chef or writer!
I wrote and photographed a feature article for Classic Truck (front page no less 
), and a couple of things for Truck & Driver, so transport journalism would be excellent, especially for classic stuff. I also like philosophical thinking, psychology, and the human mind, so have always hankered towards existential therapy. Then there’s HGV fitter work. I’d have loved the experience so I could have the knowledge, contacts, and confidence to restore an old 70s or 80s lorry. But ultimately, I’d like to be a digital nomad, wandering around living in a stealthy off-grid motorhome earning my crust online somehow, carefree and unhurried - essentially tramping without a trailer, destination, or deadline 
Drive a white van. More money less hours.
A fulltime furlough person. Everyone I have spoken to that has done it has found it quite enjoyable so I think i would do that.