My sister told me to stop tracking my mood in my bujo because it was making me focus on the bad days.

We were talking about my weekly spread last Sunday. She pointed out that I had a whole page of red and orange dots for 'low energy' and 'frustrated' from the previous week, but when she asked what happened, I could only remember one rough afternoon. She said, 'You're giving the bad stuff more real estate than it deserves.' It made me realize I was using the tracker to confirm a negative feeling instead of just logging it. Now I'm trying a simple 'one good thing' line per day instead of the full mood chart. Has anyone else simplified a tracker that was doing more harm than good?

Hot take: I thought those plastic mortar spacers were a gimmick until I tried them on a curved wall project in Albuquerque.

Just realized most small businesses fail because of cash flow, not profit

Read a study from the Federal Reserve that said 82% of small business closures are tied to poor cash management. Anyone have a simple system they actually use to track it?

Why does nobody talk about the learning curve on those new magnetic gate latches?

I installed one for a client in Mesa last week and it took me three tries to get the alignment right for a solid click. Anyone have a trick for setting them up faster?

A job in a converted warehouse in Austin changed how I handle old framing

I was hanging board on a 1920s warehouse conversion last month, and the old timber frame was way out of square. We're talking gaps over an inch in some spots. My old method was to just shim and force it, but the lead guy on site showed me his trick. He pre-cut long, tapered strips of 1/2 inch board and glued them to the studs with construction adhesive before we even touched the sheets. It took an extra half day upfront, but the finish was perfect with zero stress cracks. I've used that method on three jobs since and it's saved me so many callbacks. Anyone have a different fix for really bad old walls?