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Episode 5: What we did for work to help us Homestead
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2023
- This week Al, Ben and Jason talk about previous jobs they have had and how they helped them live this homestead life.
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🔴 Homestead Shop Talk is a weekly audio podcast hosted by Jason Contreras (@sowtheland), Ben Hollar (@thehollarhomestead) and Al Lumnah (@lumnahacres). Three dudes with different homesteads talking about homestead life, content creation, growing a homestead and building a life worth living for.
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Work ethic conversation was so good! That applies to everyone in a house! Willingness to pick up a broom, clean, contribute goes a long way. I really respect Ben’s help in Megs kitchen. They get time as a family and man those boys will be great husbands!
This was a really great topic, I’m 18, full time college student at the local community college...and I’m trying to think of places I could work that would benefit me in future homesteading. I currently pretty much run a pretty good size garden, chickens, and compost making at my parents’ house. I help my dad with the bees when it’s needed because he knows more about them. This was very helpful, thanks guys!
Jason is a great teacher. A real go-getter. No whining, just a doer. Respect!
I am loving these shows.
This one shed light on why Jason's Chicken Tractors are so cute with portholes and stuff.
It's really great hearing about all your backgrounds. I grew up on a wheat farm, and went to a HS in a small rural ag town. I took shop and learned to weld and work on small engines, took carpentry, and took a couple Ag classes (crops, soils, etc). I was only one of two girls in those classes in the 70s. 😊
My first job was driving wheat truck for harvest when I was 15.
Awesome!! I dreamed about having a life like yours having grown up in SoCal near the big city
I'm 66 now and building a homestead/market farmer I have done everything from being raised as a farmer (cattle and pigs) to a career in the US Navy Seabees as a builder, to manufacturing hips and knees to sales and technical writer for a company that mades chips for the space shuttles. I came back to farming because of all of the things I've done it was the most rewarding and challenging.
Wow!
"AMEN" young people need your message...pray millions hear the word, thank you.
I had a friend whose mother wanted her washer and dryer in their own room under the house. So his father took a big square metal wash basin and started digging. He used a wench to pull it out from under the house. He wore out 20 of those buckets . Finally put in a concrete floor and no footings. The first day she went down to do the wash she found a snake's skin on the wall ledge and never went down there again.😂😂😂
lol
I'm on her side!😂
It appears as though you three are feeling more comfortable doing this new podcast. Great job! I enjoy listening to your topics. Relax and have fun...
Jason - might make the structure like twice as wide as the water tank, so that you can have a shelter up at the top from weather if you're up that end working on stuff, it will also capture more water being larger roof. could make a fun hang out area. anyway just an idea.
I see you all seem to be busier on your regular channels since you started this podcast channel.
Great job to you all.
busy time of year before the cold comes
@@HomesteadshoptalkI'm from Alberta and know about COLD. It comes way to fast. Thanks guys
@@glengillis7775 i live in Ontario and yeah i love the winter lol
@@HomesteadshoptalkI get it. Feels like I use more than half my summer preparing for winter and wow since cooler apr may and June I’m behind already…
I think they’ve inspired each other 😊
God's Hand is in so much, i love when people acknowledge it, the more you look the more you see💫💫💫
Edit: such as Ben's past jobs setting him up for all the things he does NOW on his Homestead 💥💫❤
Every teen on earth should watch every 62 minutes to learn a lifetime of lessons. It will change many lives. Thank you gentlemen. Even at my age I am trying to get ahold of a gentleman that has asked a few times on videos to think of what we can possibly do to make "the greatest impact on HUMANITY" possible. After much thought and research I have 5 that would significantly so impact life on earth. However, I am only willing to accomplish 4 of the 5! Will let you know if I succeed in contacting said individual. God Bless you and your families and keep you healthy, productive and keeping us informed on YT.
I lived in San Jose and San Diego, we definitely had winter. Now I’m in New Mexico…We have one day of spring then we bounce into SUMMER! Then in October we have frost and mid 80s and in three weeks we go into winter.
Jason, move that little barn and use it to collect the water?
I went for a BS in Biology. My favorite class was producing a tobacco plant from a couple cells, changing the hormones and growing various plant parts until you grew the whole plant. I don’t smoke, but I took them to my Mom to plant and they had the best flowers and killed any bug that landed on them. My favorite thing now is gardening, but I worked various jobs in the medical profession for @ 40 years, not sure I used that schooling in my career.
I love these shop talks. You three along with simply living Alaska are the few homesteaders I still watch.
Well actually Jason,you built it on paper so you already knew what it would look like,I think that's truly the ultimate beginning of any product. To stay on the same page Ben could take a tree a hammer a nail and or a couple rods of steel and build anything so creative. Just sayin .and it sounds like Al can create stuff as well from different jobs over the yrs.I like your channel I'm a fan friend of Ben,Megs and the kids.so that's how I started to see the others channels. Stay safe Terri from Michigan
You have your youth and reason. You're work together is a blessing beyond what you realize. To watch you all in action is a gift to all of us here!❤
You guys are starting to blend well with each other & the topic of the day. I know it's hard to get a relationship started from scratch but you are doing a good job.
Any "job" is a great opportunity to learn some type of skill. Our young people need to get out and try several jobs to get a basic knowledge of what they want to do as a career. And most do not require college. Good show again today.
I went to a trade school and it was the best thing I ever did for myself. College is not always the way to go.
AL, My husband uses a 60 and 80 foot boom lift often. He says you never get used to it.
If there are teenagers out there , this was a must watch! My children are neither one doing what they went to college for. Working for the knowledge is the key point from this . Great job !! 👏👏👏
Just wanted to mention to Jason, that Simple Life Recclaimed, is starting a big treehouse build (4 kids on their property, and they have lot's of BFF's). They measured and set the footings for a big freestanding one alongside the big tree they wanted, and will build a a small deck around that tree connecting it. They have a lot of cool things they will be designing for it. Gary did zip lines before moving to Arkansas for work, so he wants to put a long one off the treehouse as they are on a mountain. They plan on getting it dried in before continuing on their home build. Enjoyed the podcast. The road of life is amazing. It's never a straight line to the paths we take.
We're just two year into our homestead here, and it amazes me just how much I love doing this stuff - especially working with our animals. A lot like Ben and Jason, I started in the big city on the west coast, and worked what jobs I could, put myself through art school, and went right back to the work I was doing. I'm happiest doing the hands on stuff, and have learned through jobs in printing, facilities maintenance, and now first volunteering with our neighbors farm to learn how to do all this, and now they pay me when I come help, or you know, trade half a beef for my time and pasture rental here.
Al, you are absolutely right in the pay attention and anticipate - it's something I picked up over the years and now just do - what's gonna come next and how do I get ready for it, it's a huge help to whomever you are working with.
Your conclusions are right. If you are prepared to work and pay attention it will be noticed and everyone will benefit.
I love these chats! I drive (make deliveries) for a living and when I saw this new video pop up earlier I was like, “Yes! There’s the guys!!”. I enjoy being a fly on the wall and listening to you all converse. Keep ‘em coming!
I have plenty of room to grow but I'm alone, so buying from locals in bulk is the way I build up my winter stores.
I keep up with a small eating garden.
Jason Al and Ben, I'm a retired Architectural/Mechanical Engineer, I was homesteading my last 15 years after I got out of the office and there was no RUclips,
you are inspirational and motivating for others to follow ìñ your footsteps, God's Good Blessings to you and your beautiful family keep up the great work 👍👋
Work ethic has served me well. It now serves my son well. People think work ethic is an unusual quality to have nowadays, so when they see it in someone, they take notice quickly and do whatever they can to hang on to those people. It also can cause others to feel inferior, so having a thick skin is useful and watching that you are not being taken for granted by co-workers and the boss is important. Know your worth!
My son got his masters degree in geologist. He worked for a company for a good while but then Covid hit and it’s slow down and he owns his own CBD dispensary shop.
You should gather at high schools and have this very same conversation in front of all ages of the older students to light a fire into the students' futures. If even one student hears and follows, it would be so worth it.
good idea
I just subscribed to Kent's Carpentry. Thanks for the new channel!❤
Welcome!!
I'm a college instructor, but I completely agree that college isn't necessary for everyone. It's a wonderful thing and definitely necessary for certain things, but many vocations can be learned from getting training, classes in specific skills, or apprenticeships.
I would add that the rest, too - the "classical education" aspects of higher learning and even social opportunities, can be had outside of expensive universities. Whether auditing classes and lectures if that's still a thing, to spending lots less taking a course here, lecture or debate there, joining or creating clubs/gatherings etc... there's lots of ways to add to your knowledge, experience and society.
Glad I found this channel! Thanks to Al from Lumnah Acres (absolutely love that channel)!
Love these videos! Very informative! Love all of your RUclips Channels! Lol! My wife is watching also and she made butter for the first time a couple weeks ago! We also bought a freeze dryer to help preserve foods!.
Sounds great!
Caught you later than usual today. Great podcast as always. Sadly, The Corp world pushes degrees. You are all so talented! I can see where lots of homesteaders who YT feel that everyday chores are boring for us to watch. Not so. You could post a camera in those piglets pen & you would get Tons of views. Even milking a cow is fun to watch for the 1000th time. Its bc we cant do it, but want to, so we do it vicariously thru yall. I watch some vids over & over, Its relaxing. Thank you for sharing your lives with us. I cant wait to see the water tank set up! This would be in the catagory of growing your homestead. I hate snakes!😳😱
I think young people need to take a break between high school and career to see what they want then decide college, trade or etc.
That gap year concept works!
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GOOD AFTERNOON!
Howdy guys! I really am enjoying the discussions that you have on this podcast. I am a 72-year-old woman who farms 8 1/2 acres, mostly by myself. I have a young man that comes and helps me 12 hours per week and that's it. I even have my own RUclips channel (@linalitafarm), although it doesn't get a lot of views, but that's okay. I mainly started it so that friends could follow what I am doing. I really liked what you guys had to say about work ethic. Today, people seem to spend more energy trying to find ways NOT to work than to work. But I always tell people, there are no days off when you farm, particularly if you have animals to care for. There are only days in which you choose to work less, but you still have to take care of your responsibilities every day. I like to think that I'm in decent shape for a woman my age. I credit that to being active, both physically and mentally. Thanks a bunch for your podcasts. I watch each of your individual channels, that is when I'm taking a break from work! :)
I don't have a homestead, just a few chickens and a small garden, but I enjoy listening/watching/learning all the channels. Thanks for all you do!
Y'all need to do a segment on how you ment your wife's, had children, started farming some of this to .
Jason look up Living Traditions. They did a video on raising turkeys. They do a certain % protein feed and add something to the water to prevent the legs from splaying.
I was a stay at home mom and I homeschooled. My husband worked in commerical construction and built resort in Florida but we had to live where there was work and that was big cities. His job helped us make a lot of money to buy a homestead in our retirement. Hubby can do anything and I mean anything. He fixes everything for us and he builds everything for us. There isn't anything he can't do. My hubby and I use the same RUclips account because they deleted my account twice. I guess I'm just a bad person lol
Lol.
Long post sorry but - I was a technical recruiter for years. One of the things I feel is that some kids should take a couple of years between high school and college to work, and think about what they want, before they look for education related to what they want to do with their life, be it carpentry or med school, most 18 year olds are not really aware enough of what they want in life to go to college, more than half of freshmen at universities dont go back for the 2nd year, where as almost 94% of people who go to community college, that choose to go on to get a bachelors, get it. The community college folks are most often older and have figured out what they need and want to do. When I was talking to high school kids I told them take a book keeping class and a business law class, those aren't for any major, they are for whatever you do in life you need an idea how to take care of your money and business law will teach you stuff you never thought you'd need, save you time money and harassment, its strictly for your personal benefit, after that, think about what you need for you, if that means a degree that's great, if it means some other means of learning, (can learn a lot of construction if you join the naval construction battalion, aka Sea Bees and learn how to do all kinds of skills if that is what you want to do) but give yourself a couple years to figure it out before you go to technical school or college. okay my crazy 2 cents. I used my degree a lot recruiting, but I got the degree I was told would be better for me rather than what I wanted, which is also a mistake. And yes there are kids who know what they want and go straight into engineering or medical etc, but they are not as common as those who are like, what are you talking about I dont know how to boil water or drive a car yet? I think its crazy we think they should. Heck they might like being a line boss at the local paper mill, how are they supposed to know that at 16? 2 years of working after high school gives them a lot of time to think about it and learn some life skills.
I like hearing about what got you on the homesteader! I worked as a grunt building houses and after a while I was doing everything became a head carpenter! You name it and I've probably built for over 20 years, I'll be 60 and can't believe where time went! Great videos from all of you and I've been watching all of you for around 4 or 5 years now and keep on keeping on!
Jason I think you made a very important point. Right out of high school you have no idea what you want to do with your life. As you said it would be better to have some kind of odd job and go at night to shop classes. That way you can try to figure out what exactly you like doing! AND you don't go into debt that takes years and years to pay off
In my experience engineering, drafting, and building are all necessary to one another in order to progress. All honorable and worthy of respect based on their work ethic.
Arm chair quarterbacks! Lol I love it Al! And btw, Ben that was so honest and vulnerable of you to mention how people's comments can hurt you. All 3 of you are fabulous humans. Jason, we love your style and humor. Thanks for sharing parts of your life with us.
I so enjoy your talks. I hope a lot of guys find your show/podcast and get blessed by it.
Thoroughly enjoyed this Shop Talk and topic. I am a subscriber to all three of your channels as well as this one. Thinking back to how my work life evolved, I enlisted in the Army as soon as I graduated from high school, as the Vietnam draft was ongoing and my thought process was that if I enlisted I might get a choice of what I would be doing. In high school I spent my first two years doing agriculture and shop education and then after moving I ended up doing business classes as that school didn't offer the ag classes. So when I went in the service, I enlisted for personnel specialist which got me an assignment to Germany for my entire tour of duty and while there I experienced many different areas of military duties besides paperwork. When I got my honorable discharge I started working at a GM plant in CA and after several years working the assembly line and observing maintenance, I was blessed to get into an apprenticeship program and ended up with a journeyman electrical certification which I did both in CA and then in TN when I transferred to the then Saturn Plant in Spring Hill. I ended up spending 35 years with GM/Saturn and took my retirement back in 2006. Since then I worked some part time jobs at Home Depot and Walmart in their departments that took advantage of my electrical/mechanical background, and also took on a year of teaching industrial maintenance at a Tech College here in TN and finally did a year and a half with the 2020 US Census as a field supervisor, office supervisor and finally a field manager where I was in charge of a couple hundred workers overseeing 12 counties in TN. Now I am just taking life easy doing my small urban homestead thing growing a few vegetables. Had a small flock of backyard chickens for a few years until a critter enjoyed them all so know I rely on local homesteaders selling eggs and their products. Also I have a small workshop where I do some woodworking projects that I enjoy and get a way to relax.
Wow this episode was great!! Really enjoyed hearing all of your stories and it showed how important it is to have a work ethnic. I am sure all of your children will do well in life because of each of your experiences. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more in the future.
I am LOVING this session. I love to hear your stories on how you got where you are and what you did as a youngster. This is the best one. Great video. God bless
❤ yup, not one fruit made it to ripe due to tree squirrels 😢, suggestions ANYONE 💥💥. No garden except salad. Gear up for fall garden now. Thanks for your videos guys, its interesting and a pleasure to learn😊
ICC Continuing Ed... Might be a job you & Ben can develop a homesteading course...
I will never be a homesteader but I really like the podcast. I follow all three of these channels, among others. Gardening reminds me of my childhood and I find it relaxing. If I could do my life over, knowing what I know now, I would choose the homesteading life
Great talk - I highly recommend to others to have your kids listen to this, esp. towards the end if not time for whole thing. Again, I'm so glad u guys have some guy time together, while also giving us, your channel's fans, some more content :).
" He who is faithful in little will be given much"
Annual rainwater needs for a family of four is about 10,000 gallons.
Love this!
thank you so much
You are so right about no one knowing what they want to do at 18.
go Al !
First, congrats on a great podcast. Best of five so far. Glad to see Ben more involved in the conversation. Second, I could not stop looking at Al's physique! OMG...looks like a bodybuilder. Found it bewildering as Al looks smaller in his vlogs each week.💪💪
Glad to be here pray you are all well😊
I finally GOT that there are no coincidences.. God puts the right people in front of us.. at the right time. It's fun when we finally start to catch on. 😉
Super good talk gentlemen... well done.
Interesting, gentlemen. You summed it up at the end. Be the guy who is busy and willing to learn. I’m 79 and this is an “old fashioned” ethic. Good for you all 🤗
So in my family there were four girls. I’m the only one that didn’t go to college and I’m the only conservative!
I totally agree. Both my girls got free rides because of scores on tests. (Thank God no debt) It ruined both of them. They were taught what to think not HOW to think. One of them has a double major. Neither of them use their degrees and are totally different than they were raised. It breaks my heart that this stay at home mom pushed them into college. I regret that so much.
Could you guys do an episode on either what side jobs you and your wives do now, or want to do in your future.
Awsome content. I'm ready to DO SOMETHING! Even a new job I'm thinking to close up my insurance office to just get a 8-5, so I can focus on ME! Being self emo is a butt load of work, worry and you don't always make the $$. 17 years long enough.
I've canned up chicken, corned beef, beef and pork chops. Didn't raise any of it, but it also won't need refrigerator if THAT time comes.
Chicks are about ready to lay, making 7-8 hens for just me. Going to harvest my 1st rooster or 2 if I can buck up😅😊.
you can do it and we are cheering you on!
Main mention to me, is work ethics. What has happened nowadays? I have outworked youngins I've hired for misc around the farm, and I have to babysit. Sorry, just had to say it as it is from my own experience. Love the knowledge you all share and hopefully, the youngins are listening. I did finally find one young man who has helped me here and there and you can tell he is really trying. And polite! He has such exceptional manners. So far so good. Just love these vids. I'm subscribed to all 3 of you but don't comment much, sorry. I'll try and do better.
I LOVE our property and all that comes with it but my creative side comes out when I’m working on a custom car project or building a structure 👍 totally relate to y’all’s stories !!!
god puts people in your path to help hugssssss
Great discussion for young people deciding whether to go to college or not. There is nothing wrong with not going to college. I have a useless MBA too. Still paying student loans on it.
Yes, education and college are two different things, and intelligence a 3rd ( not saying they can't overlap/go together). My mom went to their 4 year Lutheran college and became an elementary school teacher, which she didn't end up doing much, due to marrying my Dad and having 3 kids right off ( & more later). She did get go back to a local one briefly to be updated on her teaching license or something and subbed in our area for a few years. My dad didn't go to any college at all, but had very good ability to do math quickly in his head, and had good common sense in most areas of life, and was taking over his family dairy farm, his Dad having passed away when he was younger. His perseverance, work ethic and sense helped the farm make it thru very hard times while yet avoiding the prevailing pressure of the time to "go big" , taking on tons of debt to put in a milking parlor and free-stall barns. Granted, he had a lot of basically free labor with us kids, but with exceptions later on and which could have been avoided, we still had an ok life balance, some fun time, etc. . I knew a lot of people making a good or decent, or even great living who either didn't go to college or weren't working in the field they went for. So, thankfully I never thought it was necessary and for some reason had always had a mine to avoid debt it I could (b4 my parents even were trying to get out of debt etc. ).
You guys are getting better and better❤ Keep it up!
Thanks again for another great video. What you passed on as far as education and work experience should open a lot of eyes. I think too many kids are pushed into college instead of trades and we have lost and continue to lose our tradesman. It is hard now days to find someone to work. It took me 3 different people before I found someone to install my dishwasher. I finally had to get Lowes to send me a contractor. College is not for everyone. Y'all have a Blessed week. Good Luck on the projects, each of you are working on this up coming week.
I remember when we were young Dad let my brothers build a fort in the back yard in okla. Then, of course, my sister and I and put up curtains etc lol. Good times
Great episode! Work ethic is definitely in short supply!
Jason. My father raised 8,000 to 10,000 turkeys a year when I was growing up. It was a long time ago, but our experience was that those turkeys bred for large breasts are not hardy. Heritage breeds which are closer to original turkeys are much stronger. My father had the white ones for one year only and so many of them had the spread leg problems that he had to butcher too many of them himself to save the meat rather than ship them to market live for cash.
Love your discussions. Your similar but with different skills.
I have been on our land for 45 years, I am always happy to see a rat snake because of the rodent control. Two years ago one of them was slowly going across the patio, so I went over and grabbed its tail and it just stopped. So I let it go, as I decided it was too big for me to pick up anyway. It was at least 5 feet long .
Good talk. I seldom stick around for an hour video. But it was worth it.
Ya man I had a 1500 gallon rain tank that fed my whole cabin and took care of all the animals and the garden in my Offgrid property in WNC. 1000g will be awesome bro for y’all
Really enjoyed this episode. Glad that Al and Ben were able to share more.
🕊️ good chat
It helped that I already loved all three of you!! Yea he hours just flew by! Thanks guys .
I hated not working. I even painted walls and worked in accounting.
These shows are great! You should have the wives do a show the same way! It would be awesome to see things from their perspective, and it would help build confidence in female viewers. May even build your female viewer numbers.
I agree! I would love to hear this from the wives perspective. Loved the podcast! But, yeah, I want to hear from the wives, too!
Great chat guys. You never know what skills are going to bless you in the future. I'm always amazed how life experiences will circle back around to become useful and beneficial at later dates. It's like nothing is waisted in the rythum of life if given enough time.
Wow Another great shop talk, It was awesome, Guys keep up the great work. God bless y'all and your families, I am, subbed to all 3 channels and watch regularly
Much appreciated
The end of this video was amazing! These are the things young people need to know, so to learn from those who have done is what will move the future forward! Great show!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, Jason! A new respect for you. 😊 I hate to hear you incurred debt for your advanced degrees but, I think if you give more thought, you may realize there are more "nuggets" of knowledge than you now see. Marketing has probably been used a lot in your sales of woodwork items! 🤔 I used to tell my son college teaches you to think. Sadly, I no longer believe that is the case in today's colleges.
I didn't know much about Al at all & I've loved getting to know about him. Hes had a great background. I love how he often reminds everyone of God's hand in "coincidences".❤
Keep up these great podcast! 👍
ABSOLUTELY LOVE your podcasts Gentlemen! I watch all of you families' adventures for years by now, thank you for this "value added product"! IDEA - Jason's Tree House together with Hollar Boys project. What do you think? Tree House + lots of RUclips content ... "Borrowed" Ben's tools could be put to use 🙂 AND PLEASE KEEP ON PODCASTIND!
Oh man! Talking about those snakes gives me the heebeegeebees! And Jason that snake looked like it was 5 feet long!!!
Good afternoon y'all.....Great conversation on the work ethic.
Can't wait to build a treehouse someday for huntinnnnn... cough... for the kids. The kids would love it.
Hey guys!!! I really feel ya on having seasons! I moved from Tampa, Fl to north NC, (about 2.5 hrs from Asheville) and just having seasons is still amazing to me!! So I really appreciate them all!! Thank for the podcast!
Thank you, gentlemen. I will share this with my 16-year-old son.
Chockfull of wisdom.
I love the fact that all three of you are VERY Different! I think that non homesteading folks see us as a "certain" kind of person. And we are all over the the place! I was wondering if you could speak to the seniors who homestead. I am almost 69 and have almost 4 acres and it is HARD. Taking up welding this year to just keep on keeping on! Thank you for sharing your hearts! I see it was a little hard at first but you are really sharing your hearts easily with us now
Love this channel too, l am already a subscriber to all 3 channels, so this is great! Love and good wishes from India😊
Thank you so much 😀
This was my favourite episode so far! 🦘
Have heard Al mention it a couple of times now about how he grew up. I’m a girl that grew up almost the same way in West Texas. Dad owned a body shop, my grandpa was a carpenter. The family as a whole had tons of rent houses that we had to help fix or rehab. I learned SOOOO much! I always felt like the weird girl that knew all these guy things. But ultimately, it was a blessing which has allowed me to build a great life on my own terms and save money along the way because I could do much of it myself. I hope there are other women out there that can relate and still be a girl at heart who just loves to learn new stuff!
Same here!
I'M PROUD OF ALL THREE OF YOU BOYS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! :)
I have a degree in computer aided drafting and it was basically outdated before my loans were paid off and I never worked in that industry, now all my projects are in my head unless they are really intricate and I’m always changing things in the middle of it 😂
Great show everything you said I agree with