Wasn't that scary feeling just the best kind of scary? Hitting a number that lets you say no changes everything. I started rating clients on how much stress they caused versus what they paid, and fired the ones at the bottom. That space you just made? It gets filled with better work, or honestly, just time to breathe.

Wait, your buddy seriously told you to just slather on more glue? That's wild. It's like trying to fix a loose screw by adding more screws without tightening the first one. Glue is not magic putty, it needs something to grab onto. I'm not surprised it broke again in a week.

My buddy Mark tried to make banana bread with cake flour last month. He used the same baking soda amount from his all-purpose recipe. The whole thing came out super crumbly, like it was made of sand. He had to eat it with a spoon.

Right @the_amy, that's why my feed is just pictures of my half dead houseplants. The polished stuff feels like a corporate ad. Give me the weird, real mess any day.

Sounds like that shop owner did you a solid. My guy just rings me up and looks sad.