From Warehouse to Journeyman: A Blue Collar Memoir of Second Chances

By Christopher Willis

At 35 years old, Christopher Willis was stuck.

He had a felony conviction, years behind bars, and a warehouse job that paid the bills but led nowhere. No degree. No connections. No clear path forward. Just the slow, grinding awareness that if something didn't change, nothing would.

Then he found the union.

From Warehouse to Journeyman is the true story of what happened next. It is the story of a man from Pomona, California who came up in the streets, made decisions that cost him years, and then found a path in the construction trades that gave him something he had never had before - a real future.

This book takes you through every stage of that journey. Boot camp in the July heat. The first call from dispatch. The brotherhood that forms when men work side by side through long days and hard conditions. The financial lessons learned the hard way. The apprenticeship periods that tested everything he had. And finally, the moment he earned his journeyman card and understood what it meant to finish something that actually mattered.

This is not a story about someone who had everything figured out. It is a story about someone who had almost nothing - and built something anyway.

If you have a record. If you feel stuck. If you have been told the door is closed for you. If you are grinding through a dead-end job wondering if this is really all there is.

This book was written for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWWCR93G
• ISBN13: 9798255305476
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"