Hello, I’ve been in the good ol Marine Corps for roughly 3 years, And the question that’s on my mind is probably the question on a lot of first term enlisters mind, what am I going to do when I get out? Should I get out? It’s a hard life decision. And the answer varies from person to person and from job to job. It’s a question that scares me.
I don’t know what I want to do after the military. A lot of people get out and go to college and get jobs and rejoin society. Some people pick up a trade and get jobs right after. Some people contract for the military and make much more money than they did while they were in.
For me, I feel like I could go to school, I don’t know what I would like to study though. I’m honestly highly thinking of signing on for another term, but the prospect of doing what I’m doing now for another four years doesn’t excite me at all. To be completely honest, the main reason I’m even considering it is because the money I get now provides well for my family and we live quite comfortably because of it.
Well at least my family does. I, on the other hand, barely get to reap any of the benefits as I’ve either always been in the field or deployed. I’m home maybe 20% of the year. That’s just the nature of the beast I suppose. But I can’t deny that my family is taken care of for now. Which is why getting out is scary to me. If I go to college after I get out, how can I guarantee the same quality of life for them?
I’d love to spend more time with my wife and my daughter but I also don’t want to sacrifice their quality of life for it. If I stay in for another four years I can knock some college out of the way while simultaneously serving.
TL;DR What can I/should I do to be with my family more while simultaneously providing them with the same if not better quality of life I provide them with now?
If more details are needed in order to help provide me with better or more accurate help, I’d be willing to provide that to an extent, however I’m not comfortable providing certain type of information publicly.
Submitted October 22, 2017 at 06:22PM by undercover_muffin http://ift.tt/2zHXSEn
