Honestly @verab28, I see that pity as a badge of honor. Those late nights mean you're actually building something, which is more than most people do. I'd take their quiet nod over a loud crowd any day.

How much wood are they actually burning per hour?

Yeah but @the_james, coffee grounds can actually clog pipes pretty bad.

But is it really that big of a deal in the long run? Sometimes we make mistakes into a bigger thing than they need to be. I've messed up plenty and looking back, it usually wasn't the end of the world. Maybe the lesson wasn't as hard as it felt at the time.

My first fiddle leaf fig looked like a sad umbrella skeleton before I realized my Arizona apartment has the same humidity as a saltine cracker. I bought a cheap hygrometer and it read 18%. Now I mist that diva like it's my second job and it's finally putting out new leaves.