And, like, what numbers were you looking at when you started getting more granular to make sure the profit was protected? What shift in your mind happened? Because this is a big topic that I, I talk about a lot, and I have a lot of, eh, uh, factual opinions, I guess I would say.

Uh, so that big shift came when I had the big equipment, the trucks, everything else.

You know, I'm just, like, wanting to get bigger and bigger and bigger, more stuff, and it was wearing me out, and that's when I really started peeling back.

It's like, "Okay, how much is this really making me?" You know? Um, it's bringing in a lot of money, but, like, a side dump eats a lot of tires, [laughs] you know? It's like, like, yeah, bringing in all this money, but it, it's going back out, you know? And, and so then you look at what's left when you're done, and you're like, "Man, I could've sat at home today and, and woke up, lit $100 on fire, went back to bed, and been better off," right? And you still have those days.

Um, but that's why...

And I, I work hard to not get complacent.

I, I look at my numbers every two, three months, and I'm like, "What's making me money? What isn't?" Um, you know, if something is consistently not making me money, um, and, and taking up a significant amount of my time, y- you gotta let it go.

JR, you and I are kindred spirits.