u/antiphonic

45 year old in Minneapolis. Ive been working in middle management for a while now and was just laid off. I was miserable in that job though. have the opportunity to take some time and switch careers and i miss working outside and using my body. i have enough in savings that i could potentially do the 6 weeks pre apprenticeship but i would need to be making at least $40-50k pretty soon after that in order to afford life. im out of shape but still strong and could get there pretty quick. ive done hard as hell physical jobs before but, realistically at my age, 4 years of hard labor grunt work might take a toll. how common is it for people in middle age to start this kind of work?