Building, business and the outdoors from the Wenatchee Valley.https://flinthartwig.com/https://flinthartwig.com/log/the-guy-who-built-it/https://flinthartwig.com/log/the-guy-who-built-it/A stranger who pulled over on the trail, and what he taught me about doing the thing.https://flinthartwig.com/log/do-fewer-things/https://flinthartwig.com/log/do-fewer-things/Ten exercises weren't working. Four did. Same goes for everything else.https://flinthartwig.com/log/two-grocery-stores/https://flinthartwig.com/log/two-grocery-stores/Being less bad than the other guy isn't a reason to keep buying rotten food.https://flinthartwig.com/log/brands-die/https://flinthartwig.com/log/brands-die/Nike, Black Rifle Coffee, and now the Republicans. Forget who you are and your customers walk.https://flinthartwig.com/log/goals-with-a-number/https://flinthartwig.com/log/goals-with-a-number/"Fitter by next summer" is a mushy nothing goal. Here's what to shoot at instead.https://flinthartwig.com/log/fear-or-greed/https://flinthartwig.com/log/fear-or-greed/An easy way to tell which one is driving you, and which fear is worth having.https://flinthartwig.com/log/find-the-door/https://flinthartwig.com/log/find-the-door/If the deal is that good, it's probably a gingerbread house.https://flinthartwig.com/log/the-maga-that-was-promised/https://flinthartwig.com/log/the-maga-that-was-promised/I voted for Trump three times. You can want America First and still hold the man to his word.https://flinthartwig.com/log/foot-off-the-pedal/https://flinthartwig.com/log/foot-off-the-pedal/A dozer's foot pedal stops the machine. Yours probably does too.https://flinthartwig.com/log/concrete-and-lumber/https://flinthartwig.com/log/concrete-and-lumber/Any job a 20-year-old works should buy a starter home. Here's where that went.https://flinthartwig.com/log/the-bell-curve/https://flinthartwig.com/log/the-bell-curve/The bottom 1% and the top 1% both skip the rules. Everyone in the middle pays.https://flinthartwig.com/log/ride-the-horse/https://flinthartwig.com/log/ride-the-horse/The best contract in town won't save you from a partner without character.https://flinthartwig.com/log/42-trillion/https://flinthartwig.com/log/42-trillion/A credit card with no limit, and savers get crushed while it keeps getting reissued.https://flinthartwig.com/log/chelan-wineries/https://flinthartwig.com/log/chelan-wineries/There's a quiet war on Chelan wineries, and it's coming from people who just moved here.https://flinthartwig.com/log/trees-need-lovin/https://flinthartwig.com/log/trees-need-lovin/A still day on the water.https://flinthartwig.com/log/why-cant-i-buy-a-house/https://flinthartwig.com/log/why-cant-i-buy-a-house/A short take on why a starter home is so hard to buy.https://flinthartwig.com/log/crying-baby-in-the-woods/https://flinthartwig.com/log/crying-baby-in-the-woods/Be careful if you hear a "crying baby" in the woods.