u/Aggravating-Neck-221

Hello all M23 here.

I never was much of a typical learner, school bored me to death. Junior year of highschool I ended up paying someone to do my classes for the year while I worked. The orthodox way of schooling in America, in my opinion, definitely isn’t for everyone. We live in a time where innovation, creativity, and hard work is able to take anyone to great lengths.

But there is a caveat, during school I learned there are easy and hard ways to do things. But more importantly, there are wrong and right ways to do things. You could apply this to everything, having the right mindset, being open to learning, and having a great deal of discipline and motivation is really what pays off. I would say my main take away from schooling was to value the lessons that will contribute to any career.

To help anyone who is reading this that may relate, here is a little more background on myself and my situation. I always believed in the work smarter not harder rule and I cheated my way through highschool and some of college. I never truly valued school, because I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life. So I winged school and ultimately ended up dropping out because I didn’t want to waste a penny more for something I still wasn’t even sure about.

Something I always valued was a true, genuine, and strong core. There is lessons anywhere and everywhere, you just gotta find them. Mistakes and lessons are how I’ve grown as a person. Currently I am a construction estimator making six figures. I know life isn’t about money, but I just want people to know that you could still make money and be happy without a college degree. I myself am still struggling with things, but just know college isn’t your make or break.

Hello M23 here. Just struggling and looking for advice.

I’ve had issues with alcohol abuse since I was 16, so it’s been on and off drinking since then. A year ago I moved to a different state and started a new job, this job has definitely pushed me to limits. It seems that with the added stress from this job and my history.. things have escalated to I think an alarming level. Although hungover, I seem to be able to do my job and seem apparently normal. I think I am starting to feel the actual repercussions to excessive drinking. I am starting to worry about my health and my future but for some reason I am having a hard time to actually set the quitting process in motion. I think I really need guidance right now, anything helps :/

Hello all, I’m 23 and I do civil, earthwork, concrete, masonry, mtl & wood framing, finish carpentry, and gyp estimates. Pretty much everything except for MEP and some miscellaneous finishes for commercial and residential. I work for a sub that sistered from a GC and I am the only estimator and I make $100. Currently averaging about 20-40 Million a month in total bid submissions.

As of about a month ago the company decided to create the civil/earthwork division. It just feels like the 60 hour work weeks are burning me out as of late. I’m not sure if it is because I’m not able to coordinate as well with our civil supe or because someone of my age and lack of experience is just becoming overwhelmed with all of the scopes of work I have to estimate.

I feel as if I’m losing my mind and always stressed out with meeting deadlines. I am averaging 5-7 bids a month, and although I am extremely grateful I have this opportunity to learn so much, I also feel like I am reaching inhumane limits. I am genuinely curious as to what everyone would do in my situation. I have no clue what to do and I feel like if I don’t make a change I might reach a point where things come crashing down (if they haven’t already).

If you have any questions to get a better understanding of my position let me know :) thank you all!