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The ambient stress level in Denver will be higher than where you are. Cost of living and lifestyle will change as well. If the new job is about the same or higher stress than your current job I'd stay put. Don't be angry or stressed out 24/7. It sounds like you are happy but busy with your current life and work.
Sounds about right. I'd still like to get that city-life in and places like ABQ and Phoenix, and hell, even dare I say Lubbock have the right amount of it for about the same rental prices as I have grown accustomed to. The job I was going for was to initially gain some experience driving those "doubles" sets of trailers that get pulled behind a semi-tractor. I've noticed I've already built up some sort of understanding with the area and company I'm at now. Until I could truly find some other place that will offer things like the same days off I have right now, I'll keep my eyes peeled for openings in the locations that ACTUALLY fit my budget.
Sounds about right. I'd still like to get that city-life in and places like ABQ and Phoenix, and hell, even dare I say Lubbock have the right amount of it for about the same rental prices as I have grown accustomed to. The job I was going for was to initially gain some experience driving those "doubles" sets of trailers that get pulled behind a semi-tractor. I've noticed I've already built up some sort of understanding with the area and company I'm at now. Until I could truly find some other place that will offer things like the same days off I have right now, I'll keep my eyes peeled for openings in the locations that ACTUALLY fit my budget.
I also put in app for driving beer trucks locally and then using it to transfer to ABQ. Everyone's still going to want a nice, tall cool one!!! Yeah, after a raging, few weeks getting busted on the milk circuit, it's slowing back down again for me after one of the drivers finally had their shoulder heal up.
I'm leaning more and more towards flaking out on this job I'm still in the process of getting approved for in the Denver area. I was attracted to the area for a little while, mainly after spending a day or so there every week back in 2010/2011. Then I ended up in eastern NM after taking a job out here and while this isn't the most ideal part of the state, I've felt I've grown tolerable enough of it that I could weather the everyday existence of the place with little issue.
I would say the reason I gunned for a job up in Denver over the last, few months was more out of spontaneous, reactionary reasons.
1) My current job was pushing me down the 70-hour plus route/week again and the random start times were kicking me in the teeth.
2) Looking elsewhere for work I was comfortable with and a comparable pay-rate, the Denver area was the only spot that was strong on hiring.
So I put in a couple of apps, got interviewed with one trucking outfit that took a strong interest in me and went with it for a bit. However, after doing research on rent prices and taking a few, recent trips through the area, I've come to realize that any old, good feelings I had about the area were now lost.
Also, apart from trying to make things work out with the current company I drive semis for, I've also decided on taking a paycut with a local beer-hauling gig with more comfortable hours/days-off,. etc
So, would it be right for me to turn down the Denver gig in order to keep the weird, comfort-zone related, peace-of-mind I've all of a sudden developed down here in NM? Steam might be blown, but I feel it might be better for myself to put a halt to this early in the app process as opposed to getting up there, taking the job, then fizzling out due to pressure from new area jitters.
All in all, I've come to realize a few days off and a road-trip will typically set your mind right after a horrible week.
They don't mention my field of trucking/transportation in there. But the annual pay kind of fits some of the jobs mentioned in the article. And if educated professionals are having a hard time themselves, then the jumpy earnings nature of my field won't really make anything better.
Then of course there's also the extremely, laid back nature of my current position despite the on-again/off-again workloads. There's work to be done, but they don't seem to jump down my throat too much.
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