08/03/2025
25 years in oil and gas construction.
25 years of flying in and out of remote locations on planes that sometimes felt like you needed to pitch in money for gas, the long days, endless shifts, weather conditions that normal humans should not be in, and a paycheck that was supposed to make it all worth it but in the end the government benefited more than i did.
I never set out to do this. I just knew I needed a change from working in hospitality and tourism, from travel call centres, from bartending and serving late nights watching and serving people having a life. Late nights, Weddings, Parties, watching people live there lives when all i had is what felt like the tail end of the party it was all i got when i finished working serving them, always late for the party ..always missing out on life.
But running away to the oilfield all those years ago, i traded not being able to be with my friends cause is was working serving them. to Being away and missing everything completely.
The woman who felt like she had never belonged and had to fight her way to gain respect being not the typical Bartender, had left to go play in the mud and have to start over on the ladder to climb up. I had to get dirt under my nails and toughen up just to survive. There is not Me too movement or HR when you are in the patch. You have to stand on your own and gain the respect of your peers based on the person you are and the skills you meritt. I was having to pave my own path out there before women were doing more than the cooking or being a house keeper. I built a reputation that i could play in the mud with the trades, understand their language and be a leasion to still go express the needs of the worker without the colorful language to the boardroom full of people that have not got dirt on their brand new boots or white hard hat. I had earned the respect from some of the toughest trades out there. I respected the work they did and understood the sacrifice they make and the stigma that they get put on them a rig pig, a dumb tradesman, a plumber a welder a electrician, i heard how they were talked down to. But what i learned in 25 years is the intellect it takes to get that red seal, the dedication and sacrifice the men and women working building the future actually do.
I’ve worked in some of the most beautiful remote places, for some contriversial projects. I saw and did things that are now considered the cowboy way of doing things. I have worked underground, over mountain ridges, and places that you have to know your location by the closest fire tower. I’ve seen and done things most people will never experience. Been places you never heard of unless you are sitting around and hear a great story where it starts in Fort Mac, Conklin Corner, Nordegg, Christina Lake or Divak. or some other obscure place. I’ve made lifelong friends some so close i can say they are family because being out there, its a special bond. i will always have my oil family and its a blessing that they are from all over the world.
But then the flip side of that is that being out there I have missed having a normal life. The normal things that people living and working in town get to do. Drinks after work, go for lunch with a friend, a movie a regular date. But most of all i missed the lives of my friends and families. The birthdays the weddings, holiday parties, and even the ability to mourn at a funeral.
The promise of the perks of working in the oilfield kept me loving the extended time off, the money was great and seeing the numbers in the bank account was cool but then you realize you have all this time off and no one to spend it with because everyone is working. So i began to travel and well as much as i loved being able to Fly to a music festival and enjoy a new city. It had constraints as it had to be on my alloted time off and well for all the hard work you forget that its really no more time off than someone working a monday to friday 9-5. whats worse is that the goverment took more in taxes. Life was slipping by while I was always up in the middle of no where.
Because deep down, I knew i wnated more i wanted to live where i work and work where i live. There had to be more to life than sleeping in a room the size of a jailcell listening to the guy next door snoring through the paper thin walls or on the other side yelling at his partner. it was rotting my soul. the conversations became repetitive and mind numbing. i needed more. I wanted more. I deserved more.
i was losing count how many times I said one last hitch, one more turnaround, one more rotation.....i saw people have some epic im done moments up at work but what was it going to take til i really truely say thats enough.
I had to take my life back. i was meant to be and do great things and i should not have to sacrifice life to earn a paycheck
Because when I pictured my future, It was not stuck in some camp in the middle of nowhere on a steak night freezing my deriere off or swatting away horsefiles the size of small dogs.
I had to start to see a life where Steak was not a day in the week and my closet was not in a a suitcase. I want a life that i didn't feel trapped in but I was living my best self.
Because I deserved a different life..
So Now, I'm hear to say its possible and to oilfield construction worker that i had a part in hiring or training to go start the FLY IN FLY OUT life. that there is a different way . I wasnt to show you a path that you can put the tools down and start living a life you always wanted to on your own terms.
So with my business partner, who has been exactly where you were 8.5 years ago, launched a exclusive FREE Business Course designed to help you achieve the same success.🤝🤯
I can confidently say ANYBODY can do this! EVEN the so called
"dumb _(fill in the trade)____"
There is just a few requirements:
✅ You have to at least be willing to see the information to make a proper judgement call based on what you've seen NOT from "what you've heard."🤝
(Would you seriously listen to a someone who had no dirt on their boots and a bright crispy pair of covies tell you how to do your job in the field? Same applies to this, if they haven't done it, they can't speak on it)
✅ You have to realize that so many people of all ages wouldn't be doing something online if it "didn't work!"
✅ Most importantly you have to be willing to commit!
(don't start something you don't intend on finishing)
90% of people tell me they want and need change, yet only about 10% of them get started and complete the free course!💯
Now, only so much can be explained here in this post, and the full breakdown of the business is in the course. So what are you waiting for?
Classify yourself as the 10% of people who will actually finish the course in a reasonable amount of time…and Lets GO!! so the next time you say This is my Last Hitch" You actually make it your last hitch.
Send me a message, I will get you the link! 📲
Chat soon!🤜🤛
