Mind Running Endless

[kingmotorboat]

Here I am 30 years old about to get on a job for industrial cleaning as a hydroblast tech. I've been through a divorce that's ruined me now I'm 're engaged. Biggest problem I have is I'm 30 have done nothing but tire work. All I've done is work work work since I was 20. I have nothing to show for that work now. I think this is why I fish I guess cause I feel like it's something I'm good at. And no I don't have a boat I usually try to hop on a boat with people offer to pay gas and all and I get the reaction of oh you love to fish but you don't have your own boat. There is only a few people I know that aren't like that. Sorry for the wall of text just venting out

[kingmotorboat]

And catt if you read this I appreciate everything buddy you're one of the only people that hasn't judged me man

[Fishes in trees]

If you fish some, then you haven't worked all the time.  As far as having "nothing" to show for the past 10 years, you're the only guy who can judge that fairly.  If that's your honest judgement about the past 10 years - ok then - who am I to judge?   

 

So, you're 30 years old and you haven't gotten your own boat yet?  Think you're the only guy in that spot.

Have you given it any thought, that maybe it is currently your duty to go fishing with other guys, help them load their boat, help with expenses, etc.   Have you considered how much you are learning through this activity?  When you finally do get your boat, there will be many steps on the learning curve that you can skip, because you've witnessed buddies make the errors/decisions/ etc.

 

Currently, I have a semi-decent boat  (2002 LOWE WF 180 with a 100 HP 4-stroke)  I got that boat when I was 49, after I had secure employment for several years.  It is paid for now - I am 62 - still working with no plans for retirement.

 

I guess what I'm saying is lighten up on yourself.   If you are employed - you are re-engaged, so that means that there is one woman on the planet who is considering hanging out with you for the long term, and you get to go fishing occasionally - you are ahead of the game.

 

Sooner or later, if it is important enough to you, you will get your own boat - be mindful that life has a way of throwing curves at you from time to time and those are difficult to hit.   If you've got buds who are tolerant enough to let you fish out of the back of the boat - then that's good enough right now.

 

A last aside - when I was in my late 20's - early 30's I was underemployed - down and out some of the time, semi-broke most of the time.  What saved me then was I found a place, through a friend of a friend of a friend, that was a very private 40 acre lake, and the old lady who lived on the lake took pity on me and let me do odd jobs for her from time to time and in return I could fish her lake as much as I wanted to and keep all the fish I could catch.  (The lake was semi-stunted with LOTS of 10 to 12 inch bass and taking them out was the best thing for the lake, over all)

 

Anyway, sorry you are currently bummed, but overall, it sounds like first world problems to me and stuff that you'll overcome, given a modest amount of effort.   Thanks for letting me rant.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I'm 31 divorced and working my butt off 6 to 7 days a week. Least you got time to go fish. I generally only get to go fishing when I leave early or lay out of work. Keep your head up brother. It gets better.

[Nitrofreak]

At 50 + you will see things very differently , you can plan all you want to , save all you want to , so you can do what you want to when you retire , well , life has a funny way of getting in the way of your desires .

 

Do what you can , when you can , put the important stuff ahead of you and leave the yesterdays where they belong , behind you .  

 

Only 10 years in the work force under your belt is not a very long time at all , be patient and take every advantage of educational opportunities you have to improve your marketability .

[Jaderose]

I'm 47 and no boat.  Do I want one?..sure.  Can I afford one?  Yes.......is it a LIFE priority?  Uhhhmmm....no.  I'll get one when the time is right.  My life at 30 was a ton harder than it is today.  Less money.....little kids.  It gets easier

[kingmotorboat]

Its not just the boat thing. I get looked down on a ton by people I haven't seen in a long time. I just had to vent. My nerves are worked up because I'm going in to a whole new field I have 0 experience in it. Just kinda nervous

[tipptruck1]

I am 29 and I will be 30 in July. My 20's were filled with worth less jobs. That didn't pay well, and that I didn't like. A few years ago I left a good paying job. That I also liked. To go to school to be a machinist. I am a lot happier now doing that. Yea I might be getting a 10 year late start on my life. I don't care one bit. Unlike many people my age. I don't have debt, child support, a ex wife or two, among other things. Because I don't have them other things. I am very close to buying a house out right. With out having a loan on it. As munch as I would love to have a 50k bass boat. A house comes first.

[gardnerjigman]

Its not just the boat thing. I get looked down on a ton by people I haven't seen in a long time. I just had to vent. My nerves are worked up because I'm going in to a whole new field I have 0 experience in it. Just kinda nervous

Quit worrying what other people think, everyone has skeletons in their closet, trust me.

Also, everyone gets a job with something they have no experience in. Obviously something got you in the door. Your doomed if you let the negatives of life bring you down. Keep your head up.

[Catch and Grease]

I get looked down on a ton by people I haven't seen in a long time.

This is a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt I heard a long time ago and everytime I think I'm getting looked down on or judged I just think about it, it is very true and has made my life a lot easier.

“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.”

Seriously, who cares what others think. Do you feel you try your best at life? Are you happy where your at? Questions like that are only ones you have the answer to.