Twenty years on job sites have given me a bad back, blown knees, and hands that ache every morning. I can still outwork younger guys, but my body is sending the bill for all those years and it's coming due. I lie awake scared of the day it finally quits on me, because this trade is all I know, and I don't have a plan for what's after.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two decades of hard labor are wearing out your body, and you fear what comes when it fails.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.