My uncle, a retired lawyer, told me to stick with the Yellow Pages for my new firm back in 2010

He said a listing there was the only thing people in Edmonton would ever use to find a lawyer. I listened for about a year and got maybe two calls. Finally switched to a basic Google Ads campaign focused on 'Edmonton family lawyer' and my phone started ringing the next week. Anyone else have family give them marketing advice that was stuck in a different decade?

The day my daughter's old radio finally made sense

It was a Tuesday in early May, maybe four years back. I was cleaning out the garage and found her little yellow radio, the one she carried everywhere when she was six. I put in fresh batteries and hit play. A tinny recording of her singing a made-up song about clouds came out. I had forgotten I'd even taped it. I just sat on the concrete floor and listened to the whole thing. Has anyone else found a lost recording that hit you like that?

Hot take: My $45 investment in a talking cactus plant was a total game changer

I bought it as a joke for my desk, but hearing it say 'You got this, buddy!' every time I walked by actually got me through a really tough project. Anyone else have a weirdly effective purchase that kept them going?

PSA: My $200 emergency vet bill for my cat's hairball scare was a gut punch but taught me a real lesson.

I had to put it on a credit card because my 'pet fund' was empty, so now I'm asking, what's a realistic amount to keep saved for a pet emergency?

Spent $300 on a vacuum sealer for the walk-in last year and it's already paid for itself twice over.

Honestly, I used to cut carpet backing with a utility knife until a client in Phoenix asked if I was a surgeon

Now I use a hot knife for everything because it seals the edge and looks way cleaner. Anyone else make that switch after a weird comment?

Remember when everyone said you needed a $1,000 tablet for good line art?

I struggled with shaky lines on my old Intuos for years, but last month I finally tried turning on the 'brush smoothing' setting in Krita to about 15. It made my sketches look so much cleaner without feeling laggy. What's one simple software trick that made a big difference for you?

Pro tip: My neighbor's dog ate my entire batch of community garden tomatoes last Tuesday.

I had about 20 pounds of heirlooms ready for the food pantry. Saw the whole thing from my kitchen window. The ethical dilemma? The dog's owner is a nice older man who just got out of the hospital. Do I tell him and risk his stress, or just quietly replant? Has anyone had to balance honesty against kindness like this?

I finally got my whole apartment building to agree to a composting pilot program after 6 months of talking to neighbors.

Seeing that first shared bin fill up with food scraps instead of landfill trash last Tuesday made all the door knocking and flyer making feel worth it, so what's a small win you've had in your own community lately?

Back in 2017, I hired our first remote dev from San Marcos instead of downtown Austin.

We were a tiny team of four, and I was sure we needed everyone in the same room to build our app. That first remote hire ended up being our most productive coder, and it completely changed how we built the company. Has anyone else had a small decision early on that totally shifted their approach to building a team here?