09/12/2025
Ever have the feeling people are watching you, and after they do, their eyes start throwing daggers your way?
Just my partner and I? OK.
But seriously, you guys.
Every time we went to the dumpsite, if there was a crowd, that crowd was glowering by the time we were leaving.
My partner has this gift.
No matter what he does, he finds a way to complete it as efficiently as possible.
He calls it a little bit of lean, a little bit of mean, and a whole lot of white trash fabulous.
I'm totally making that up, but it sounds good, doesn't it?
Anyway, I digress.
We worked many jobs over the three years before the pandemic in various locations but we always used the same dump site because it was closest to home and when we dumped, we were usually done working for the day.
My partner lives by many rules, and one of them was the 4 hour work rule. Work 4 hours and be done for the day to play.
Another is don't pay somebody to do what you can do yourself.
And yet another, lean is your friend.
And still one more: time is money, so use it wisely.
He had perfected the art over the last 20 years of landscaping and tree trimming and removal.
After felling trees and then cutting them up so often, the last thing he wanted to do was struggle with a dump load of brush so he designed a trailer that the wood would easily slide across and small enough that if it was just him, he could still pull the load out himself.
He taught me how to layer the branches inside and set out a few anchor branches to use as grab handles for pulling out the load of brush and once I got the hang of it, those dumpsite drop offs wasted less and less time.
On the flip side, it also made us the envy of the dumpsite.
The security guard got a good show!
The point I'm making is to know what's expected and perfect it by doing it over and over again.
Be relentless in making your timing everything and never give up.
Challenge yourself in ways you didn't think possible.
Give away your time, but keep it valuable enough that it still takes care of you.
Find your passion and perfect it, and you'll never go hungry again.
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