Oh man, my friend got into a huge fight at a train model show because he used the wrong shade of rust colored paint on a boxcar. The judges said it was not accurate for that year and region. He spent twenty minutes trying to explain creative license before he just packed his stuff and left. Some of these contest people get so hung up on the tiny details they miss the cool thing you made.

My friend Mark worked at the same tech firm for twelve years. Seeing him leave to start his own woodworking business last fall made me question my own fear of leaving a steady paycheck. It was a quiet push I didn't know I needed.