Girl same lol. My client Jenna came in crying after her last foil bleach because she had so much breakage around her hairline. Switched her to a balayage with a bond builder and her regrowth is way softer now. Also noticed I don't have to touch up her roots as fast since the fade out is more gradual.

Brake cleaner huh? Guess I've been degreasing wrong for years but at least I'm not out of a job yet.

Man, that "working for free" part hit me hard. I did flat rate for about 4 years and had the exact same thing happen: one job that should have been a quick brake job turned into a whole day of fighting rusted lines and I made maybe $12 an hour after the math. The anxiety was real, I remember waking up on Mondays already dreading the unknown. Hourly took that weight off my shoulders completely, and even though my best checks aren't as high, I'm not living paycheck to paycheck wondering if I'll get screwed by a bad car. Peace of mind is worth more than a few extra bucks to me now.

Funny enough, I used to be one of those people who thought stir fry was way too much work (like, chop everything, stand there, clean up a huge mess). But then I actually tried it with a screaming hot pan and all my stuff prepped in little bowls, and holy cow, it's honestly faster than boiling pasta. The thing that really sold me was that 15 minute promise, because I have zero patience for cooking after a long day. Now I'm the one telling all my friends to just get a heavy pan and crank the heat, it makes such a difference.

A calculator after 28 days doesn't sound like much of a win to me. Those 30 day courses teach you just enough to copy and paste code without understanding why it works. Spend a month grinding through free resources like The Odin Project or FreeCodeCamp and you'll actually know how to build something from scratch, not just follow instructions. The YouTuber got your money and you got a fake sense of progress. Real learning takes longer than a month.