My lawyer friend said to always put a kill fee in my contracts. I didn't listen.

He told me this two years ago when I started my freelance copywriting business. I thought it made me look greedy, so I skipped it. Last month, a client ghosted me halfway through a $3,500 website project after I'd already done 30 hours of work. I had no way to get paid for that time because my contract only paid on final delivery. Now I'm out over a grand and learned the hard way. Has anyone else had to add a kill fee clause after getting burned?

Looking back at my first bullet journal setup from 2018

I probably wasted about $75 on a fancy leather cover and a set of expensive, smudgy brush pens before I realized my old composition notebook and a single black pen worked just as well for actually getting things done.

Question about switching from old school bucket lines to suction dredges

For the first ten years on the river, I ran a 12-inch bucket ladder dredge. We'd move maybe 300 cubic yards a day on a good run, but the downtime for chain repairs and bucket maintenance was a killer. About three years back, after a job in Mobile where we lost a week to a snapped sprocket, I switched to a 10-inch cutter suction setup. The production jump was huge, we're hitting 500 yards a day now with way less wear and tear on the gear. The big change was learning to manage the slurry mix and pump speed instead of just digging power. Anyone else made this switch and have tips on keeping the suction head from clogging in real silty bottom?

That galley stew I whip up keeps the team warm after freezing dives.