I went to school to be a Firefighter back in 09. I've always wanted to be a Firefighter, not because it's every young boys dream but, because I truly was always drawn to that line of work. I was 19 when I finished school and was so excited to start Firefighting. My local fire department posted a hiring for Firefighters a couple months after so, of course, I applied! I did all the prerequisites for the job and was accepted to do the written exam portion of the hiring process. Unfortunately, due to my going straight to collage after high school, I was really still in party mode and wanted anything to do but study and work out all the time. It turned out that I got a 71% on the written test when I needed a minimum mark of 80% to continue on to the physical portion of the process. Here is where I got pretty down on myself for the whole situation. I ended up falling into a spiral of shitty job after shitty job because I needed cash.

Fast-forward some years, aaaall the way to this month! I had to go to a silly Human Resources meeting at work because I deviated away from my work area 15 minutes early to get a coffee before I went on my break and the shop closed. I could do nothing but laugh at this ridiculous meeting both before and after because I'm by and large a great worker for them. I took this meeting as a huge eye opener; I fucking hate working these shitty jobs! I deserve so much more than what these people give me. Living pay cheque to pay cheque, being on the bottom of the totem pole, and on top of it all, I have Firefighter's educational credentials behind me with nothing to show for it. During all this Human Resources bullshit I had heard about a casual Firefighting job in a department near by so, I tossed in a resume. I really thought I had no chance of getting a reply but, a few weeks later I got an e-mail about an orientation to be held so, I obviously got really excited and told them I was very interested and would be there for sure. I quickly found a place to redo my medical training and it was a great surprise to see that a guy I worked with on my work term was the teacher of the course. I got to talking to him during breaks and he had told me that the local department would be having another major hiring this fall!

So here I am, just a week after all this recent shit started happening with my horrible job and all this great stuff falls right into place! I know it's only early and I'm no where close to being complete with these processes but, It feels fucking great! I really feel like all this instilled a new driving force in me, I want to be the best that I can be in every facet of my life. I've started to workout again, I've been eating so clean, I recently cut booze out of the equation and I can just feel the good vibes pouring from my soul. I'm never going back to that old me again. I deserve everything I put my mind to and there is no way I'm slowing down now!