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Originally Posted by lifespalette
Anyway, best of luck to you T.........I wish you everything you're willing to earn........be safe.
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Thank for the encouragement. As I get closer, I'm excited but also doing a "heart-check". There was a driver renting a car today at Enterprise and I asked him if there were one piece of advice he'd give a rookie driver and he said - "Make sure your hearts in it".
My heart is in it. I did Basic training in the army in the dead of winter at Ft. Leonardwood Missouri and I made it through with flying colors. I'm figuring the 6 weeks of my OTR training is another "Boot Camp" and I for one plan on taking it one day at a time to completion, then onward and upward.
I've also been told by plenty of drivers that I've met that the hardest part of the test is the pretrip - so tomorrow, since I have the day off - I'm going to spend the day at Starbucks and break down the components into something that is logical, such as "Starts the Truck", "Stops the truck", "Keeps the truck going", "Keeps the combo together", "Keeps the truck safe in case it quits", so instead of 100 points to remember, I now only have 5 to remember. Am I missing something? - I'll find out when I study tomorrow and take notes. Then I will have done it at least twice before I go to school and do it again for the third time. I've read the CDL once already. (I will be reading it again before I go, all pertaining to the CDL - I'm not going for any additional endorsements until after I've ascertained my basic CDL. I do not want to convolute my focus with anything other than getting in the door. I still have time afterwards to add my endorsements.) Next read through I'll be taking notes and highlighting the pertinent information and organizing the pretrip into negligible bites before I go. Then I'll repeat that a third time, while I'm in school.
I've passed the California Real Estate Exam and the books were much thicker with a lot more details. I also passed my AIT first time, so I know I will be able to do this also if I dedicate myself to it.