Ready, Set, GOALS: Easy Goals Truck Drivers Should Set
Put the key in the ignition and drive into completing all those secret inner-ambitions. In a job like trucking we see tight deadlines, stressful situations and an excessively tiring line of work can make achieving goals feel nearly impossible. It’s easier to simply say “ain’t no body got time for that” than actually setting milestones for yourself so that you improve the quality of your life. Creating little...
Grabbing Fresh Grub On-the-Go
Ah, a life on the open road. Over the road driving across the country can give your life a pretty darn fresh perspective. Unfortunately, most drivers find that the food their eating while hauling their freight is anything but fresh. It’s always a big risk to take on the unhealthy lifestyle risks of constantly cooped up sitting on your keister where the easiest options are totally awful for you. Eating more nutrient-rich foods...
Need for Speed: Truckers Using Drugs
Imagine long nights on the highway by yourself. You’ve got nothing but road and sky ahead of you, and you’re alone with your thoughts. For some, this might sound like paradise. For others, long lonely hours take a toll and they look for ways to entertain themselves on the road. They seek a way to fill that void. Although we all know that truckers using drugs or alcohol and driving is the road to disaster, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t...
Healthy Trucker: John Drury’s Weightloss Truck Stop Tour
It’s no secret that truck driving is not the most healthy profession. Eating well is hard when fast food is literally around every bend. Getting time in for fitness is an uphill battle with a lifestyle that requires quite a lot of time spent sitting on your keister. One truck driver has found his niche routine for shedding away the pounds—he dances them off. John Drury has been making a living in the transportation...
Rolling out in 2015: New Year Resolutions for Truckers
As the new year rolls on in, we’re reminded that it’s officially the time to make those silly resolutions that most of us will already give up on by February. In the trucking industry, it’s especially important to be thinking about changing our lives for the better right now. 1. Adopt positive sleep habits. There’s no better time than the start of a fresh year to get thinking of correcting any bad sleeping...