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I work at my parent’s restaurant that has been passed down in our family for three generations now. Despite being a staple of our large coastal community, we struggled like everyone else in the food service industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. At first it started with the forced lockdowns and our unexpected switch to delivery […]

I like learning new DIY skills through various home improvement projects. It gives me both a source and excuse for practicing things like wood working, electrical wiring, and basic plumbing. I built a large awning for our back porch last year and my wife has been making positive comments about it ever since. When that […]

I was instantly worried because my brother never has brilliant ideas and I knew that the concrete wouldn’t hold with this sort of setup. My brother has always been the type of person to cut corners in the situations in life where it’s the least conducive. When he was trying to impress one of his […]

I told my parents that I wanted to be like my grandfather before he started his landscape development company. My mother’s father went to architecture school after being inspired by the gorgeous buildings he saw in Japan right after World War II when he was an Army Paratrooper. He went to the big state university […]

I was happy when my uncle said I could have whatever I wanted out of his old workshop. Since he was moving his equipment to a new facility, he needed to get rid of old metal fittings, piping, PVC, HVAC ducts, wood, wire, rebar, and other various building supplies. I learned in college how to […]

I wasn’t sure if college was the right decision for me. I considered being a car mechanic like my father, but he was always cynical about the future of his profession. He hated how car manufacturers were making their systems both digital and proprietary, making automobiles even harder to repair for both the mechanic and […]

I like to chat with the guys at the hardware store whenever I’m picking up building supplies. I’ve been trying to finish a mother-in-law suite for the past year but I had no choice but to finish it incrementally when supply chain backups prevented me from accessing the wood and supplies I needed. Things haven’t […]

I’m proud to be from a family of business owners. My parents for instance own an outdoor recreation company that specializes in renting canoes and kayaks to people wanting to traverse our coastal waterways. They make the majority of their money for the year during the peak of tourist season, which for us is during […]