

Step 1: Go to any hardware store and buy a 16oz claw hammer and a 25’ measuring tape.
Step 2: drive around anywhere you know of new housing construction happening near you
Step 3: Find the project manager and ask if they’re looking to hire help (if you live in North America, they are).
Step 4: Keep your head down, show up sober every day and you’ll already be placing yourself in the top 10% of your new career field.
I did this exact thing for much of my early 20s (less than a decade ago) in 41 of the lower 48 states and lived a comfortable enough life

The smell of blood in the night, the sound of squelching coming from the basement door that I know I boarded up, and the sight of my late wife holding what was once our son.