John Delony

But the schedule is kind of non-ideal.

And then the next six months go by, and it gets harder.

And essentially, I get about two years in, and it just starts weighing on me.

I got to the point where even as much as I love the work, as much as I love the job and the flying, I...

I just got to the point where like, I just miss my family, you know, my, my wife and at that time, one son.

Um, and so I talked to my wife and, uh, you know, we, we knew we wanted to have another child, uh, who came last October and, um, we made the decision, um, which was probably the hardest and easiest decision in my life, which is I, I, the best thing I can do is, is leave my dream job and prioritize my family.

And in the moment, um,

you know, right after we made that decision, uh, it felt really, it felt really good.

You know, it felt, I felt like I could look at myself in the mirror and describe myself as the kind of guy that puts his family first and, and they've always come first in my life.

Um, but you know, the first month settling into a new role, um, I felt pretty listless and I felt a lot of, um,

I don't want to say anxiety, but it, it, it was almost a certain kind of panic that set in, um, where I'm like, I don't know what I'm doing anymore.

What was your dream job?

What were you doing?

I was an aerial firefighter.

There you go.

All right.

I was going to say first responder of some sort, but okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Um, it looked, loved it, man.