Yeah but honestly I read somewhere that a lot of those Canva templates are just recycled from the same freebies you can find on Pinterest anyway. People act like spending 50 bucks on a template set is some huge mistake, but half the time you're paying for the layout and the fonts being already matched up. I've seen folks spend more time trying to tweak a free Canva template to look professional than they would have just buying a decent one and being done with it. Not saying templates are always worth it, but acting like Canva is the magic answer for everything feels a bit off.

Count your wins by the fails you survived @jordanc32, that's the real skill.

It's like people who claim cardboard makes good pizza, some folks just love the struggle.

Read an article not too long ago that said something like 70% of HVAC callbacks are actually install issues, not part failures. That stat stuck with me because it lines up with what you're saying about chasing the wrong thing. Your pinhole leak story is a good example of how easy it is to blame the charge when the real problem was hiding somewhere else. Guess the takeaway is that a good install covers a lot of sins, but even a perfect one won't save you from a bad factory part.

Exactly what helped me was keeping that family tree pulled up on my phone the whole time, I had to pause and trace who was who constantly. And yeah @sage_ramirez42 you're right about that Doppler effect thing, once I realized how the surnames repeat it clicked why people say the show is basically one giant echo chamber. Definitely stick with it, by episode 6 you'll be glad you started taking notes.