I think it's just always nice to hear how did you decide to go do that and what have you benefited from? um so question to back to sort of like working for you know this international firm at stantec to now your own um personal firm points west what do you do differently that you couldn't do before like what feels more accessible or less accessible like what are some of the differences between those two

You know, it's interesting because on one hand, I'm very grateful of the path that I took because I can look back on my past experience working for R&L and Stantec and draw from really excellent practices.

And so something that I actually think is cool to be able to do as a small practice is to bring... that sort of sophistication of process and knowledge to clients that maybe aren't even aware of that being how to work with an architect because, you know, a smaller client, they maybe can't afford to hire a big fancy firm.

So the level of service they get can vary quite a bit at the scale of being a small practice.

So that's something that I am thankful both from a practitioner's standpoint, but also maybe from how I can help clients out perspective.

But as a small practice, The other thing that I think a lot about is you have the ability to focus on the work.

I was just meeting with someone this morning and I was talking to them about how as a smaller business, you get to make the decision about how much do I really want to put on my plate? You can evaluate the work that is on your plate, be able to discern between this is a really important opportunity and I need to be able to give this a lot of my mental energy or I need to hustle and make sure I'm getting new opportunities.

I mean, how do you balance that?