I think that's important and we all started this business for some reason. And write it down, put it inside your desk drawer, cause you're going to have those hard days. Maybe it's you get delivered a lawsuit, maybe it's money is tight, cash flow problems, employee problems, customer problems. There are going to be problems. Remember why you started so that you can get through those times. And, my last tool and maybe most important is a work-life balance. Figuring out what that is -- and that's something that I've struggled with for years. I'm a workaholic, a hundred percent. And I think this year has taught me maybe a bigger lesson in a good way than I would've ever expected until March 7th of this year, I was on an airplane every single week going where to do, going somewhere to do something and something for work, something for our industry. And, over the last six months, I realized how much time I was taking away from my family and taking away frommy children. And, you know, your family and your children are maybe the biggest gifts that you'll ever have. And so just, think about that work-life balance thing, you know, I've scheduled time now, once a week, at least. I'll call my wife and say, let's go on a date today, just in the middle of the day. Like, I'll go pick her up and we'll go eat, go pick up some food, and go to a park and eat lunch. Or, I'll take my kids somewhere to do something special. Or, you know, once a week we go to the lake or we just go do something together as a family. My business coach calls these mental and spiritual eggs. You know, you need to make sure that you take care of yourself mentally and spiritually and take care of your family, because you know, they're, they're the most important people and they're the ones who's gonna have your back when times are really tough. Marshall Atkinson Wow, that's great. You know, what's fun is that this is a podcast and you're listening and the whole time I'm nodding my head yes in everything you're saying. So, thank you so much today, Brett, for sharing your story of success. If someone wants to learn more about what you do or maybe how you can help them, can you share how to get We are starting a new company this week called The Creative Situation as well. So by the time this podcast airs, it'll probably be thecreativesituation.com and you can reach me by all kinds of sources. I've got like 37 email addresses now. My main one is brett@printedthreads.com, I also have brett@thecreativesituation.com. brett@inkkitchen.com -- Ink Kitchen is a blog with friends that I have about industry information. And so you can reach me at all those places. If trade shows ever happen again, I'll probably be there and we'll hang out and talk more with whatever. Marshall Atkinson Awesome. So thank you so much for your time today, Brett. You're fantastic... appreciate you, buddy. Brett Bowden Thanks, man. Glad I could be a help. a hold of you? Brett Bowden Yeah. So, Printed Threads. Our website is printedthreads.com.
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