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Originally Posted by matcat
My questions are these...
What did you learn from your mistakes?
How will you apply what you learned to prevent it from ever happening again?
As many know I had an accident nearly as bad in this industry, a rear ender.
IT took me a year to get back into the game, but I learned my lesson. The accident occurred in fog! Now whenever I drive in any weather with low visibility I slow my arse down! I don't care if I am the slowest thing on the road at the time, I WILL NOT repeat my mistakes.
So again I ask, what did YOU learn, and what will YOU do to never repeat your mistakes?
As far as the steps I've taken, the only one that will work for me is better time-management.
Keep my days short and keep my eyes on the clock.
As far as my comments about higher-education, I was actually going through therapy back in high-school where the only psych I had any respect for actually agreed that more school beyond high-school would've led to potential, legal problems for myself.
Seeing as how the only way I ultimately got through high school was by enrollment in a class with 1:7 teacher-student ratio, college was going to be a nightmare since they cram 30-50 students into a room with one instructor trying to skip as many lessons as possible.
Then there was the case of having to be involved with the many, different backgrounds within the classroom, a classic case of "myself vs. those preppy poseurs".
Ultimately, my old psych told me if school was absolutely necessary, then stick to a program that doesn't keep you in there for years.
Truck driving seemed to fit that criteria and also became a job that kept me away from the mainstream, fancy club-going members of the regular world.
Now, as far as being butthurt about it, I've essentially decided to bide my time and wait until a year or two more gets put between myself and the accident.
I feel that working security until then will be good enough for me.
It's not like I have a wife and kids to take care of, so I'm off the hook pretty much.