Live For The Thrill - 03/09/2025

Some people say life is for living.

For them, it might mean chasing adventures, collecting new experiences, and surrounding themselves with different people all of the time. They live in stories — tales of strange places, thrilling encounters, and unpredictable journeys. A career? Earning money? That takes a back seat. Somehow, they manage to build their lives around freedom first, work second.

Of course, this isn’t a black-and-white analysis. Many people divide their time proportionately — balancing work with adventure, ensuring they can afford themselves the best of both. It’s proof that the two paths don’t have to cancel each other out.

I often contrast their “live-for-the-thrill” lifestyle with my own, more structured path — a quest to retire with a healthy pension, a solid investment portfolio, and as few money worries as possible. There is truth in the comfort of security. But that comfort doesn’t come free. It costs spontaneity. It costs thrill-seeking adventures.

So I ask myself: is it possible for me to do both?

In my profession, the answer is yes.

I drive trucks — and trucks go everywhere. Every country on earth has goods that need moving, and hauliers who move them. That means, with the same set of skills, I could earn a living while seeing the world. My cab becomes my window into new landscapes, new cities, and new people.

It isn’t thrill-seeking for thrill’s sake. It’s not skydiving or scaling Everest. But it is adventure by proximity — finding myself in places most people never see, not because I bought a ticket, but because my work carried me there. Security and adventure, not in conflict, but intertwined.


I sit and ponder if I'd started trucking twenty years ago whether I'd have had the courage to take my driving career international.

There is evidence of Brits relocating to Canada and as far as Australia to start life hauling. It seems like none of them have regretted making the move.

https://www.youtube.com/@youngbritishoutbacktrucker

https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferwinters

Am I too old to pack up and begin a new life abroad continuing on my trucking journey?

I don't really have any loose ends to tie up besides completing a landscaping project; it's not far off completion.

An OTR trucker in Canada can earn a good crust from what I can ascertain.

The terrain might be complex to navigate at times and a driver may need to have nerves of steel for certain types of driving, but much like Britain there will be a range of opportunities, variety of products being hauled, hours to suit, and pay scales to match.

If only I already had Class 1 experience, it would make such a decision so much easier.



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