08/19/2026
Question for all my fellow self-employed people… who do I hire to knock out MY projects and to-do list while I’m out helping everybody else knock out theirs? 🤣🤣
Because apparently I missed that part when I decided working for myself was a good idea.
It’s been a hell of a couple weeks. Seems like every time I cross one thing off the list, three more magically appear. Jobs to finish, estimates to get out, people to call back, equipment to figure out, paperwork to do… and somewhere in there I’m apparently supposed to remember my own s**t too. 😂
But all jokes aside, I wouldn’t trade it.
There are definitely days this business stresses me the hell out and days I feel like I’m just figuring it out as I go. Then there are days like today — wrap up a good project, stand back and look at what got accomplished, and remember how far this little business has come.
I started this wanting to make an honest living for my family, help people out, and build something of my own. Still a long damn way from where I want to be, but every job, every repeat customer, every referral and every person who trusts me with their property gets me a little closer.
So I guess tomorrow I’ll wake up, look at the never-ending list, pick something and keep on going. 😂
As always, thank you to everybody who has hired me, recommended me, shared my name or supported Cook’s along the way. It means more than you probably realize.
Now seriously… anybody know a handyman? I’ve got some s**t I need done. 🤣