Life and its twist.

[Krusty Kid Paul]

Im going to explain somethings about me here...my current situation there seem's to be alot of postive support from everybody here.

I recently was laid of from my job..mind you it was a temp service but i was there for a good solid 5 or 6 months, and i got let go with no warning and it completly screwed me over, with rent on its way and bills. So they finally found me work told me it was a day to day thing and they could have me in there everyday, it came just in the nick of time or so i thought. When i came home from work on monday i called them to see if i was to go back and they said no, at which point i got extremly pissed off and got drunk.

During my drinking that night i was fooling around on the internet looking at different collages and what not, i came across a course that really caught my eye.

Mechanical heating and cooling...it would be teaching me a varity of different trades such as Plumbing, Electrcian welding ect...now i have an appoitment at a school in my town to go to on friday..(Tommorow) now i am most certian i want to do this, im tired of doing nothing...jsut floating around from job to job temp service to temp service.

how ever i have been out of school a very long time and its going to be a challange, but i can live with that. Now here is my biggest problem one half of me is telling me...TROY GET THE (BLEEP) UP AND DO SOMETHING. GOTO SCHOOL YOUR IN A DEAD END LIFE. and the other half...which surprisingly is my more concuious half my is telling me to find work, i have bills to pay and rent i need work i need money to surrvive, i hate it, i hate how dependent on money i have became, and i think that half is right.

The other half of the problem is i am waiting to see if i get on E.I if i get that then i would have no problems going back and getting my grade twelve plus the upgrades that i need to tkae this course, i would be more at peace and less frustrated.

I have no idea where im going with this, i am pretty confused right now. I dont want to be a dead beat like so many other people i know, i don't want to be one of those toothless balding forty year old men who still work day by day threw a temp service, i finaly came to the conclusion that i want to have a life, i want to be able to look back at my younger years and realize that i had fun but for every year of fun i had there was two of agonay and confussion...amoungst other things.

So what do i do, do i say (BLEEP) it, goto school get my grade twelve goto collage dominate my course and make something out of my life, or do i just go back to working, and hope i get lucky with some what of a decent paying carrer.

i just need to get all that off my chest, i love the postivety that the people in this fed have and the support..it's strange but nice.

P.S

Just for the record the 16 year old me would spit on the 25 year old me and kick me in the nuts..lol

[Bruce "The Beast" Richards]

Troy, I'm sorry to hear that your life had kind of stalled out, but I'm REALLY happy to hear that you've found something you want to do. My advice would be to go back to school, if it's something you really want to do, but others might disagree. I wish you all the best, man, and don't listen to your sixteen-year-old self: we didn't know (BLEEP) about (BLEEP) when we were sixteen.


(Not to be insulting to any of our younger NAPW members, but...well, when you get to be an old man like me, you get to say stuff like that. Right now, just roll your eyes at me.)

["LDK" Lloyd Rees]

Hey Troy,

EI might fund you if you go back to school through a program know as "Man power" or at least that is what it was called about ten years ago...I'm sure "Man power" doesn't really fly these days...

Check into Human Resoures Canada they man have some sort of program for ya dude...good luck!

All the best,
Hussey

[Chris Casino]

dude sh*t or get off the toilet. you wanna do it, then (BLEEP)ing do it manz. it's not like you'll wake up tomorrow and be a (BLEEP)ing millionare. don't be one of those sad sorry bastards who end up working for Burger King in their 30's. I recently quit my job because it sucked. Well, that and it was quite horrid. but the fact is I'm doing something now I enjoy.

your call scout....be someone with a future.

or be a shift manager at Mcdonalds and fetch me fries.

[Ryan Ro [NAPW]]

It's tough to go to school while living on your own. You could always apply for student loans although I really appreciate not WANTING to get buried in debt. At the same time a trade would pay you well afterwards.

You should look into getting a working apprenticeship since you're looking at trades. My brother is doing air conditioning repair. He works for a decent wage, then has two months of school. As long as he's been okay with his money he can go to school for those two months without a worry. He's almost done now and then he'll be a journeyman making some good cash.

Ultimately man, tons of people work and go to school. It sucks but when you're done, you have a career instead of shitty job. Obviously you have to get shift work while going to school (restaurants, kitchens, retail etc.) It's doable though. That's the thing, it's definitely doable. Find your balance, find out about different programs to get to the same goal (trade journeyman)... if it means doing the ticket/degree in a longer span of time because you have to work full-time still (and can't handle a full course-load), do it. You know?

Yeah. It's definitely doable, so figure it out, find out your options, and go for it.

[Rotten]

The way I see it you have a couple of options.

Loans & EI which should get you into school... The apprentice program that somebody had mentioned. OR... Do what I just did for my nephew. I moved him up from Manitoba. No Highschool, No Driver License, No Experience, and a Crimminal Record.

Got him an interview with Precision Drilling and even after failing the drug test, he was hired. His starting wages were $23/hour as a roughneck. That was back in March 06. He is still working there... He's had two promotions and is now making closer to $30/hour. He admits that it is tough work and the hours are retarded. But he makes crazy money... $3500 clear after deductions every two weeks. Now not everyone is making that kinda money. They work plenty of 100 hour weeks, and are known for working 30-40 days straight with no time off. But the point is... Financially he is setting himself. He invests (thanks to me) has a house, a car, girlfriend... etc. Point is, in less than a year his whole life has turned around. He's talking about going back to school... Only problem is, he is two promotions away from becomming a Push which equals about $800-$1000/day.

Or just do like I did... Join the military. They'll teach you a trade, plus take care of food, shelter, and clothes.

[Ryan Ro [NAPW]]

There's a point.

You could always move to Alberta and get a job making good money quickly. HOWEVER... working in the oil patches isn't what you would call "lifetime" of money, and the hours are horrible. If you were smart and could do it for a year whilst saving most of your money (rather than blowing it ALL at the bars when you come in from the field, no joke)...

But that's very all or nothing. Getting started on training for a long-term sustainable career is probably more advantageous. If you need to get some work and save til September for schooling, by all means be willing to wait a touch longer in order to get a good start.

www.getitdoneright.ca/apprentice.html

[Simply Beautiful]

Troy dude, I wish I could help but I'm only eighteen myself. For what it's worth, though, I wish you all the work in the world and I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we're all pulling for you. Keep us posted - we're all family here.

[Chris Casino]

maybe now isn't exactly the best time to join the armed services lol

don't get me wrong Uncle Sam got eight years of my life and I loved every minute of it...

but this whole thing in Iraq is utter bullshit dude.

I say....Become a he bitch and get some extra money that way.

[Krusty Kid Paul]

the milatary is not an option, its a personaly choice one that i will nto get into..lol, but i went to the school today and im going to do that i will worry about my finacial situation when the time comes, hopefully E.I kicks in it will take part of my frustrations away i hate worrying about money. So school it is even if i have to stay at a homelss shelter to do it its what im going to do.

Lets hope it dosen't come to that, its going to take me 21 weeks to get all teh calsses i want to take and the upgrades i need for my collage course,

[Ravager]

I did school the student loan way. I graduated in 98, and got paid off fully in 2004. Granted, I didn't have a job the first two years of university. But most work places will accommodate students with their needs. And yes, it sucks to work and do school at the same time. But it would be better to do that and not be knee deep in debt for ten years after.