Is being a trucker worth it?

I've found a couple of truths in trucking. 1. Diesel is either in your blood, or it isn't. It becomes a lifestyle and due to the nature of the work whether you're hourly, mileage, or percentage pay doesn't matter, you will not have any true balance between work and life. 2. If diesel is in your blood you will have to keep a guard up to not be taken advantage of because if you love the work you tend to do it regardless of circumstance or pay. I acknowledge there are guys on here who work 40-50 hours a week and are home a lot. The jobs do exist (I'm a linehaul driver myself on a bid so I'm in that category); however, are these jobs open to everyone? No. There are a finite number of well-paying, set schedule jobs. There tend to be more options with more experience, but where you live matters more. LTL companies in larger cities have larger boards and are easier to get on a Linehaul or city board. Are you going to walk into a truck making $100,000/yr? No. $60,000 first year is realistic. After 2-3 years you should be around $75,000-80,000 if the company is decent. You may fall into a sweetheart job immediately, but unless it's a dock to driver program at an LTL company or you know someone at another company that pays well like fuel hauling then you're not likely to consistently make $100k+ every year. I'm just trying to be realistic with you because we do see people everyday on here thinking trucking is some money printing business and it's not. Less than 1% of the people in this industry are making 6 figures and working 40 hours a week. Even in LTL most of us are breaking 6 figures, but it's 50 hours or so.