Today’s story is about timing, toilets, and the truth about trade work that nobody talks about on career day.
The Smooth Operator Moments
- Finally cracked the cleanup code: 5-minute warning before breaks/lunch, 10 minutes before final bell. Like a NASCAR pit crew, but with wire strippers.
- Found my flow with receptacles: strip all wires and bend them into submission, then slam dunk those babies into place. Work smarter, not harder. OR you can do each receptacle to its entirety. But after a few hours of that, it becomes painstaking, for me personally.
- Getting that “time to leave means LEAVE” religion. When the clock strikes out-time, we’re ghost.
Today’s “Oh Shit” Moments (Literally)
- Morning run became an unexpected wilderness adventure. Let’s just say Mother Nature provided the facilities, and leaves became luxury items.
- The Great Afternoon Exodus of 2:35 – when your body says “now” and five floors of stairs say “nope.” Shoutout to the crew for the mercy dismissal.
Enlightenment Through Experience
- Big lunch = Big problems. The body keeps the score, and today it scored a technical knockout.
- When they say out time, they mean OUT. Not “one more wire,” not “just let me finish this.” OUT.
Monday’s Strategic Adjustments
- Operation Baby Wipes: Implementing a three-point deployment strategy (during my run, in the car, on the job site). Never leaving home without them again.
- Switching to the grazing method. Small bites throughout the day > food coma after lunch.
- New pre-cleanup ritual: Five deep breaths before the final sprint. Because that “did I forget something?” feeling is getting old.
Joe DiAndrea 