Exactly, that "letting people walk all over me" part is so real. It's wild how much mental space gets freed up when you stop managing other people's expectations. For me, it meant actually scheduling my own stuff first, like a workout, before saying yes to anything else.

You're not wrong about the beam. I had to wait until dusk just to see the dot. Setting grade over that distance was a nightmare, mostly because my dog kept running through the beam and I'd lose the line. Ended up using a rotary laser with a grade rod and a lot of patience. Felt less like a contractor and more like a surveyor who lost his crew.

Yeah, I read that too steep can trap air, miles_campbell39.