Their 24/7 availability is what saved me across time zones. Also, they save you an additional $2K on title fees. They basically hooked me up with everyone I needed, including great insurance connections.

Honestly, trying to make every little thing fit is a sure way to miss the good stuff. Learned that from years of following long running series. If you get hung up on a date or a costume being wrong, you lose the character's whole journey. Sometimes you just have to let the small stuff go for the bigger story to work.

That hidden tax on time isn't always true.

You said wildlife "assisted" with your holes, but that sounds like the opposite of help. Those raccoons were trying to steal your shovel, not pitch in. You had a tug of war and fell into a hole covered in dirt, which just made more work. The homeowner laughing shows it was a mess, not a helper situation. Your story is about wildlife causing trouble, not lending a hand. Good call on keeping tools close now.

How do you shake those mental blocks, like @ryantorres' dad did?