I didn’t come in off the drifter road until my 40s and at some point I decided that I need some sort of permanent work so I started a little plumbing business since I had picked up the service plumbing trade at some point.
Plumbing service work is fun and lucrative if you are good at it, unfortunately for me I had started so late in life that old injuries and new medical problems interrupted any long term plans but I it was great work when I could do it.
In my case I charged top dollar for top work and customer care, was very picky and selective about who I accepted as customers, I worked a glamorous part of the coast, and I could live my personal life while only working a few days a month and scheduling calls from 11am to 2pm which suited me fine although sometimes I would be so engrossed in my reading and living that when a plumbing call came in I would have to take a moment to remember that the interruption was because I had a plumbing business.
The medical stuff cut short my money growth and I ended up drained financially but I had paid cash for a small house during that time and that was a cool thing to come out of it with for basically a parttime job that I liked and having never put my nose to the grind stone.
—”and having never put my nose to the grind stone.”
As I was reading along... here it comes...HE NEVER PICKS HIS NOSE OR CHEWS HIS NAILS!
Punchline for a plumber joke.