Claire Wilson (u/wilson.claire)

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I thought my resume update would take an hour. It took three weeks.

I decided to finally redo my resume after a slow year in real estate. I figured I'd just list my sales and be done in an afternoon. But trying to show my skills without sounding like everyone else was way harder. I rewrote the whole thing maybe ten times, asked three friends to check it, and even paid a guy online $75 for advice. What finally worked was picking two big deals from last year and writing a short story about how I closed them. Has anyone else gotten stuck trying to make their experience sound good on paper?

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wilson.claire•1d ago

Pro tip: Heard a guy at the hardware store say he's got a half-built chicken coop in his yard from 2021

I was grabbing some PVC cement and this older guy was telling the cashier about his '2021 chicken palace' that's just a frame with a tarp. He said he got the chicks on a whim, built the base in a weekend, then life got busy. The chicks grew up in his garage, which he said was a huge mistake. It made me realize my own shed project stalled for the same reason, a big start then no plan for the boring middle bits. Has anyone else finished a project after letting it sit for over a year? How'd you get the push?

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wilson.claire•1mo ago

Shoutout to that $400 moisture meter I bought after a basement job went wrong

It caught a damp slab a client swore was dry, which saved me from having to replace a whole glue-down install six months later, has anyone else had a tool pay for itself that fast?