Pushing through the garbage" is exactly it. My worst day on the PCT is my favorite story now.

you're just writing down stuff you already know you're doing, what's the point?" That line hit me hard when I first read it, because I was doing the exact same thing. My old system was basically a calendar with extra ink, not a journal. But what made you decide to trust her feedback instead of just brushing it off? I had a buddy tell me the same thing and I ignored him for months because I thought he didn't "get" my system. It took failing a few deadlines for me to actually change my approach and admit he was right.

Man, I gotta call you out on this one. I've swapped breakers in Pushmatic panels a bunch of times and never had a problem that wasn't my own fault for not flipping the main off first. You probably just weren't being careful enough or it was a fluke thing with a bad bus bar connection that made it arc worse than usual. I mean yeah, it's an old panel so it's got some quirks, but calling it a "death trap" feels like overkill when half the houses in my neighborhood still run on these things just fine.

Yeah I gotta push back on that one a little. Tacks work fine if you push them in at the right angle, not straight down. I've had the same band posters up in my room for like three years with those clear push pins and none of them have fallen off. Staples are fine for flyers but if you ever want to take the poster down without destroying it, you're SOL. Sarah probably just needed better tacks or a corkboard that wasn't totally worn out.

The good bacteria doing its job" - did you ever get the guy to try it later?