Hey everybody. I'm 35, divorced and no kids, sold my house and live with the parents since 2022 and getting tired of nothing happening in my life. I also have no HS diploma, but Im almost done getting one through Penn Foster. I currently work in a Walmart warehouse and hate my life.

Being 35, I'm going through some sort of internal crisis, as I feel I never lived up to my potential, and I know I'm smart enough to do something bigger. I thought about the military recently, and have thought about it all my life. When I was 18, my parents scared me from joining the army. They were incredibly protective over me and never wanted me to do anything difficult. I look at my father, working in a warehouse and miserable, and I dont want to be him in 25 years. I want to be important. I want to achieve stuff. I want a nice job.

I see the military as a way to get training towards a good civilian job in the future, almost like a fast track towards success. Do your four years, study hard, work hard (which I always do, I'm naturally very hard working), and have the sought after experience employers are looking for in a technical field.

I went to the recruiter yesterday and took a pretest, apparently scored a 65 on the AFQT, not bad for an older guy with my education level. He told me to brush up on Algebra 1, and take the ASVAB a month from now to get the job I want. He seemed super honest although, I know he also has to sell me on the NAVY. He's young, but I liked that because the older generations I feel are more heartless.

Anyway, he said I could probably score above 70 with a little study and then started showing me some technical jobs that I've always dreamed of doing. Like IT, STG, stuff like that. I was super excited because it seems like it could transfer to civilian life easily and I could be set up for a career.

I guess my question is, am I being too naive about this opportunity? I know it's going to be hard, I know I'm going to get yelled at by kids with less life experience, but is it all worth it? I want to be somebody. Thank you.