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23h ago
inWrote off the JMT for a decade because everyone hyped it, then a ranger at Tuolumne set me straight
Sounds like you found the cheat code: let the ranger do your trip planning and skip the part where you hate every step because 300 people are breathing down your neck. Six days of the good stuff beats 211 miles of suffering just so you can say you did it.
4d ago
inAppreciation post: hit 200 cars through my Detroit mobile detailing setup
That 63 percent repeat rate sounds great but let's be real, there's a flip side nobody wants to talk about. When someone books you 11 times like Dwayne, they start to feel like they own you, and every time you raise your prices or can't fit them in same day they take it personal. Relying on the same handful of loyal folks is risky too, because if a few of them move away or get a new car they baby themselves, your whole schedule thins out fast. I'd argue the one and done crowd is actually healthier in some ways, less headache, less texting at 9pm about a spot they swear is still there. Showing up on time is the easy part, the hard part is not letting the regulars run your whole business.
9d ago
inHot take: a week of writing prompts so bad it made me rethink my whole method
Wrote a grocery list once when my prompt said "describe a secret room" and somehow that dumb list turned into a whole story about my grandma hiding her lucky lottery tickets in a cereal box (she never won, but she swore the box was magic). The prompts that make me roll my eyes usually push me somewhere weird because I stop trying so hard to be deep about it. Give me a boring prompt and my brain fights back, which is where the good stuff hides. Dragons and haunted houses are too easy to fake, you know? A busted fence in Toledo is real, and real beats fancy every time.