text:  to figure it out, how I felt was like, either I'm going to be a wildland firefighter or I'm going to, you know, couch surf or whatever at my mom's house. Like it was either that or nothing else. It was definitely a challenge. It was a lot of, it was really the lack of knowledge, like understanding, like, where do I go? Like you have, you have certifications that you need and then the application process and