@Brian1946 I’m an Aerographer’s Mate and I’m an E-5. I make some great money for a 27 year old, but I do fantasize constantly about being a regular person and having a regular life. I just want to feel happy and free again, but I would feel stupid for throwing away job security that billions of people would love.
I just feel really “empty” sometimes. I’ve had deployments and moving ruin relationships and this 8 years has jaded some because I know who I used to be and I know what I’ve “become”. I’m still a happy person, but the military just chips away over time and you don’t realize it until you’ve been in for awhile.
You know how it is, but I’m sure that’s every job for a lot of us. We should just be happy with what we have. I don’t know, it’s just something I feel “in my heart”, wanting to not be in. I don’t care if I have to work in retail for years while going to school, you know? I just want to feel something different.