BOSSMAN
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All that work should keep you very busy, no time for a smoke !! Stay Strong !!
Very busy, just winding down 7pm...sore as hell
All that work should keep you very busy, no time for a smoke !! Stay Strong !!
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Pretty busy day, didn't have my tracker on all day as you can see. Didn't have it on for about 3 hours while powerwashing.
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Yes...that's the challenge.
Yes sir, it's not as easy for her as it is for me. She says Sept 1st is her day, she needs the patch and assitance.My wife and I quit together, that helped a lot. Is she interested in quitting ??
Yes sir, it's not as easy for her as it is for me. She says Sept 1st is her day, she needs the patch and assitance.
Yes sir on the drinks and cigs. Covered in poison ivy though...SUKKS!!!BOSSMAN did you make it through the week end OK ?
Yes sir on the drinks and cigs. Covered in poison ivy though...SUKKS!!!
And about 500 yards from the dock I blew my hub on my prop . Hahahha....what a day on the river. Spent 3 hours detailing the boat, dropped $200 in the fuel tank. Had a great day planned for the wife, and BOOM!!!...plans changed quick
Where were you boating ??
Potomac river
Oh yeah, 1 week today...no smokes!!
Oh yeah, 1 week today...no smokes!!
Oh yeah, 1 week today...no smokes!!
Yes sir! Good to go, had a few cocktails sunday and no smokes. That was the real challengeCold Turkey?
Yes sir! Good to go, had a few cocktails sunday and no smokes. That was the real challenge
Great Job brother! that is one of the hardest things to quit.
That is when I failed after 6 months about 25 years ago. At the bar with some buddies and said give me a smoke Its been awhile. Before I know it I dropped my .75 cents in the machine and pulled the handle. Still hooked on Nic but I have been vaping for 12 years. Way before it was cool.
Engineer...build roads, ponds, mine sand and gravel, and load trucks. Heavy heavy equipmentCongrats on keeping the smokes at bay! I didn't realize that the landscaping wasn't your main gig. Holy Crap Man when do you have time for anything else? What do you do at your regular job?
Lawncare is 7 days a week, 4pm til dark and weekends.
The wife is a medical assistant m-f 40 hours. She has a residential and commercial cleaning service. She has 6 residential homes a month and 2 big azz commercial buildings she does 3 nights a week for each. It's nuts for sure, but with 3 kids all involved in travel sports year around and the lifestyle we live unfortunately each of us having a day job isn't enough. Definitely not gonna sit around and be broke, gotta hussle. ... my day job is a union job so my benefit package is untouchable. I could easily walk away and do just my lawncare aND be good financially. .BUT, there is always that dam BUTT, know way could I pay health insurance for a family of 5, and put away for retirement at the rate I do on my union job into a pension. Unfortunately her day job benefits aren't that great so couldn't go that route either.I assume with that schedule that the wife is probably a stay at home Mother?
Good on you to have that kind of drive man. I just want to be comfortable in life, and work as little as possible to achieve that. Not tons of drive to push much further unless something I am passionate about like physique and performance stuff.
When I was fresh out of high school I was presented with an opportunity of a lifetime (which I thought) I had to run a business with 5 (silent partners ). This included high risk loans at a 33% interest rate and if you didn't pay, well there was some tactics we had to get our money but I will call it a repo. Between the ages of 19-29 I had on an average of 80k a month going through my checking acct. At that age, that's not a good thing. I blew it all literally, up my nose, vacation , cars, houses, jewelry, wife didn't work, guns, whatever....and like the old saying goes all good things come to an end. I got caught up big time and paid the price big time!! Honestly I'm more happy now not having to look over my shoulder for the atf, irs, fbi, etc etc...I was a full blown loan shark for the f****h m***a...I took the wrap for everything, did my time and here I am. I don't even come close to making that kind of money per month now ,but I do dam good. The best thing about it is, now everything is earned and appreciated more. I guess that's where the drive comes from is having all that for so long, not wanting to go back to the situation I was in , and the satisfaction of hard work pays off and I can still buy or do whatever I want when I want.I assume with that schedule that the wife is probably a stay at home Mother?
Good on you to have that kind of drive man. I just want to be comfortable in life, and work as little as possible to achieve that. Not tons of drive to push much further unless something I am passionate about like physique and performance stuff.
When I was fresh out of high school I was presented with an opportunity of a lifetime (which I thought) I had to run a business with 5 (silent partners ). This included high risk loans at a 33% interest rate and if you didn't pay, well there was some tactics we had to get our money but I will call it a repo. Between the ages of 19-29 I had on an average of 80k a month going through my checking acct. At that age, that's not a good thing. I blew it all literally, up my nose, vacation , cars, houses, jewelry, wife didn't work, guns, whatever....and like the old saying goes all good things come to an end. I got caught up big time and paid the price big time!! Honestly I'm more happy now not having to look over my shoulder for the atf, irs, fbi, etc etc...I was a full blown loan shark for the f****h m***a...I took the wrap for everything, did my time and here I am. I don't even come close to making that kind of money per month now ,but I do dam good. The best thing about it is, now everything is earned and appreciated more. I guess that's where the drive comes from is having all that for so long, not wanting to go back to the situation I was in , and the satisfaction of hard work pays off and I can still buy or do whatever I want when I want.
The oldest son is driving now so that helps a ton. My parents live 9 houses away and help whenever we need them. Mother in law is retired and 7 miles away, without them it wouldn't be possible.Well not for nothing but if you were that successful then, you had the same work ethic, just different application. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to have both parents working full time as well as pretty much full time at a 2nd job all while trying to get the kids to their activities and what not.
I am sure if I had come from some level of success then I would be more driven to do more. I come from a broken home, where we were on all the welfare programs and what not throughout childhood. I never expected to even be where I am now as far as comfort and income go. I wish a little of that entrepreneurial drive could rub off on me. I have my certifications for coaching and training to try to start doing the coaching on the side and still drag my feet on trying to turn it into a legitimate side hustle and really putting a lot of effort into it.
The oldest son is driving now so that helps a ton. My parents live 9 houses away and help whenever we need them. Mother in law is retired and 7 miles away, without them it wouldn't be possible.
Your are 100% correct, although my exercise regime has dwindled down to about 2 to workouts a week compared to 5 or 6. Every morning when my alarms goes off at 3am, I straight up say out loud " I don't want to be fat again" . It's all about getting started. I never want to go back to being that 300lb big party boy again. The work ethic is just there, my dad had my brother and I out as little boys 5 and 6 years old helping him as he sold firewood as a side hussle. My dad is 66 now and we work side bye side every day on the day job. He has 48 years in the union, hahaha... he could retire and make more $ than he does now working. But anyways, always a pleasure reading your posts. Fitness related or not, I enjoy reading your post.
When I was fresh out of high school I was presented with an opportunity of a lifetime (which I thought) I had to run a business with 5 (silent partners ). This included high risk loans at a 33% interest rate and if you didn't pay, well there was some tactics we had to get our money but I will call it a repo. Between the ages of 19-29 I had on an average of 80k a month going through my checking acct. At that age, that's not a good thing. I blew it all literally, up my nose, vacation , cars, houses, jewelry, wife didn't work, guns, whatever....and like the old saying goes all good things come to an end. I got caught up big time and paid the price big time!! Honestly I'm more happy now not having to look over my shoulder for the atf, irs, fbi, etc etc...I was a full blown loan shark for the f****h m***a...I took the wrap for everything, did my time and here I am. I don't even come close to making that kind of money per month now ,but I do dam good. The best thing about it is, now everything is earned and appreciated more. I guess that's where the drive comes from is having all that for so long, not wanting to go back to the situation I was in , and the satisfaction of hard work pays off and I can still buy or do whatever I want when I want.
Engineer...build roads, ponds, mine sand and gravel, and load trucks. Heavy heavy equipment