Genuinely Curious Conversation 161

Tough times come, rough patches are a guarantee in life, but if you want to live a fulfilling life, you need to open up yourself to the facts of life. Embrace failure, celebrate success, shake off stress, dance in the rain and say F? U to the rest. Let me tell you something Everybody struggles. The difference is some people choose to go through it and some choose to grow through it. The choice is completely yours. Which one you choose will have a very profound effect on the way you live your life. If you find strength in the struggle, then this podcast is for you. You have a relationship that is comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Uncomfortable conversations challenge you, humble you and they build you. When you sprinkle a little time and distance on it, it all makes sense. Most disagreements, they stem from our own insecurities. You are right where you need to be. Bad calm time leading to bad words. We all take on what we find Too fast in our way to Ooh, ooh, ooh. What it do, what it do, Hot, dick of the damn. Am I so damn happy, proud, excited, to be back with you? How do you do y'all, how do you do all my loud, proud Americans out there, my podcast peeps rolling around in your topless jeeps. I love y'all, episode 161, and I'm ready to have some fun. You damn right, I'm ready to have some fun because I am coming to you live from the 2023 top some fare. Well, I mean, I guess it's not live. I mean I'm here live and it's happening and I'm recording from the top some fare. But when you listen to this, I mean it's recorded so it's not live. So I shouldn't use the word live, but I am alive, so it feels like I should say it. You know what I mean. I mean pretty logical. It's a logical statement. So get off my schvane. Okay, here I am recording at the top some fare, 2023. I am in the camp, hopefully, possibly, I believe potentially the last trip of this camper, our first camper. She's been a sweet little ride. She's been a hot little number, a sweet little ticket. This I don't know what fucking year it is, maybe 2007, keystone Passport, ultra light. It's been good to us. We, you know, have appreciated the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the which ways you go, but we're ready to part ways, to start seeing other people to, you know, say and bid farewells. Yeah, I mean, it is, it happens right, it comes. You know this happens to a lot of folks in relationships and you know purchase agreements and stuff. You know it is what it is. But, as you know, we acquired a new camper or new to us camper I should say that we are hoping to bring to our next fare. We're hoping to make it happen for this particular fare, as you guys know from our last episode of the podcast, but it just didn't happen. We were going to be forcing it, you know, and only fools rushed in. Okay, we shouldn't just force things on to each other. It was just easier to take to Lula that's what we named this camper out for another journey and she wants to make it memorable and I think it's kind of a filling for fitting circle of life. Because if you guys have been following along, listen to the podcast, if you roll back about 365 days ago, when you go back to this episode last year and give it a listen, you will know that this was the first week that the wife hauled the camper on the interstate, which was a milestone moment and a great accomplishment. And you're going to see some trends here as we kind of compare and contrast last year to this year. And I hope that you guys, listen, you can do the same thing for your life and whatever it is that you've applied yourself to, that you've tried new, you know something that you are trying to accomplish something, you're trying to tackle something, you're trying to take on that hopefully, as time rolls on, things get a little bit easier and they start to roll a little bit smoother. And I think that's kind of be the underlying trait of today's episode, because as tragedy happens, as rough times come, this too shall pass. As we always say, with time and distance it all makes sense, and often the more time and distance we sprinkle on something, the more confident we are in something. And so I do want to say that, if you look back a year ago, the first, very time, the very first time that my wife hauled a camper on the interstate and we came to this fair, it was a tragic event. Okay, she did a phenomenal job hauling here. I want to put that out there. Okay, she did a great job hauling here for the first time on the interstate, and the only problem that we really ran into is that this is the place, this is the location that, when we rolled into it, our GPS took us down a tunnel and that tunnel rewarded us with a bolt sticking out that yarded the awning off of our brand new camper our new to us camper at that time. And then, as we rolled into the campground and we prepared to get ready for things, you know we're obviously frustrated. Right, we just tore the shit out of one of our biggest investments. Right, you know it's brand new and it still has the new RV smell to it, at least for us, which is consistent of 2007 cents and some old-timers hunting toots because it was a hunting lodge. But I mean, we cleared those up the best we could. It was new to us, okay, it felt fresh and brand new. So when you have something like that happen, it hurts, man. So we roll in here. Happens to be like the hottest day of the year We've never been here before. So it's all new to us. And you know we're waiting around trying to find the coordinator for the events for the vendor locations. Finally find that person. They give me my location, but I can't start setting up that location until I drop the camper because the canopy for set event, for the loud, proud American tent, is in the back of the truck that's hauling the camper. So we're gonna drop the camper plus all the grid walls in there, yada, yada yada. We spent hours waiting for the camp organizer to find us. So we got, unload our truck. Now, during these couple days of this event us setting up in all these instances, that same day we go home, lose the brakes and the pickup truck that we were using to haul the camper, I come back here to start setting up. Some jackass hacker gets into my computer system, jack offs my email I said jack off, you heard me and Starts hacking on all my customer base and sending these scam invoices. All this happens To start off this fair. And then the week while I'm here at this fair, I was met with as much friction as possible. I had multiple people coming in and basically just telling me to go fuck myself, accusing me of making products in China but putting American names on them. They are made in USA, stickers on them. This is, mind you, all happening during the investigation of lion's-knife sheep, when it came out that that Jameauke Was selling a peril that he claimed to be made in USA, which clearly wasn't made in the USA. So that's all comes out and then we're getting lumped into it and blamed for it, and I'm also being lumped into being a right-wing conspiracy political activist group. It was a brutal week, right, and this is a fair that coming out of that week we're saying we're never coming back here, we're never doing this again, but at the end of it we did okay. At the end of it ended up being solid numbers for a fair for us at the end of it ended up being a positive experience. When you Really don't take things personal, when you don't take the criticism personal, when you don't take the accident personal and the mistakes that happen, when you don't let those Way you down and you just look at the event as a whole, you can say that made some sense. Right, it made some dollars and cents, if I don't mind. So, as much as we did not want to come back, I Put it right back on the schedule and this is the fair that we said we're never gonna do this again. Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. But I put it back on the schedule because I felt like we didn't give it a fair shake and I felt like we could make this work and I felt that the numbers were good enough that they could be even better. And if I wasn't so stressed out about what happened, like the fact that I thought my business was ending because someone hacked my computer system, the fact that you just tore apart your investment and your baby, your new camper. You put those things aside and then you think about just what happened, that experience, those results, and say you know what we can live to fight another day. This makes sense. So we put it back on the schedule. As much as maybe my wife didn't want to come on back here, we did it and I'm thankful that we did it. And I want to say this it comes full circle because the can't put that. We nearly thought we killed, we hauled here again. So the first time we took a camper on the interstate, it came to this fair. The last time this camper went on a road trip is going to be to this fair. This is the swan song, this is the goodbye tour, the kiss, farewell tour for our camper. There's people showing up to see it all the time. I actually I think I have somebody coming to tour the camper tomorrow while I'm set up as a vendor. But the point I'm making here is that it disappointed, as we were last year. You kind of think about how excited we are this year and the fact that how much has changed in 365 days. Let's say the fact that we were so disappointed, so discouraged, and here we are now saying goodbye to that camper, getting ready to welcome our brand new to us camper that's much bigger, that just suits our needs so much better. And then we rolled into this fair, nice and smooth with no issues, no hiccups, no accidents. We didn't wait for a camping organizer, we just fucking parked. We didn't wait for nothing, we just got started. Because things just get easier with time, when time and distance, things make sense when you sprinkle time and distance on things, when you build a reputation for yourself, when you build Confidence for yourself, because you start doing those things repeatedly. My wife hauled up here with supreme confidence Okay, we were encountering Construction and ridiculousness and assholes on the roadway. She hauled up here like a boss. We rolled in like a boss. We rolled in here for the south. So we knew what we were doing and we were happy to be here, and that makes all the difference in the absolute world. So I'm gonna say this I started setting up the tent. Things in our location might not go exactly the way we want. I have an air conditioner One inch away from my cash register out back, not my AC, an AC to the building blowing hot air into my fucking tent which feels like it's gonna melt my tent and I'm probably gonna have vertical by noon time tomorrow. But I'm rolling with the damn punches. The new location I have this mighty reddit. It has a bunch of holes and craters and gutters and such which Rain like a son of a bitch today and flooded out my tent. So I'm coming to you. When I say, alive from the top, some fair. When I say that we are experiencing this camper, I'm telling you that I'm recording right now in said camper in till Lula, this for sale keystone passport. I'm recording from the camper on a rained out first day of the fair. Can you believe it? Y'all we are met with adversity. Yet again we're back at this fair after I said we're doing it. Last year we said we weren't doing it again and we did it. And here we are together again and we got canceled. It rained like a sum of a bitch and may cancel the fair again today. If you follow the out proud American on social media, you'd see the video of my tent getting flooded out and me kind of trying to make a positive spin on things. But it's crazy, man, the fact that here we are again with more adversity. Here we are again at another fair losing a day of business. The last fair I did I lost two full days of business. Today here we are. First day of the fair, we lost another one I. But I gotta tell you I feel pretty damn good. I feel pretty good being in this camper saying goodbye, having this experience, looking out my window, watching the Ferris wheel that's all lit up and looking sweet and sexy and fantastic, Spending around with its nice beautiful LEDs blinking. As I'm recording from the camper and I just think about how far we have come, how far we have come as a brand, because I remember my first few events, events for loud, proud America. I remember sleeping in an ambulance. I remember sleeping on totes. I remember the first time I ever had a rain out at a fair and that I slept in a Fucking lawn chair outside in the pouring rain because I didn't have a place to go. My tent was flooded out. I couldn't get in the, the ambulance, the camper I was using, my mom was staying in there. We were sleeping on totes. I had all of our apparel and totes wrapped up in tarps and covered in Canopies. It was brutal, man. It was absolutely brutal. And the fact that I think about it now that not only am I in a camper, safe and sound and Warm, and property temperatures between heat and AC, and TV, recording a damn podcast with Wi-Fi, and then realizing that at the next fair I do, I'm gonna have a bigger camper, one that I could actually have a guest in, like you could show up, we could actually record a podcast in at our next fair together, you and me as friends. Think about the difference, man. We started doing this in 2020, like that. First year I wasn't even on the road. So, in the matter of a couple of years, you think about all those advancements from the ambulance To a camper, to a bigger camper, all those improvements. And I started thinking about the fact that it takes the trials and tribulations, it takes the failures and the fuckups, it takes all the mistakes, it all goes into it, man. The fact that last year I thought about giving up at this time, during this week, when everything was crashing down. I thought my business was done, I thought this brand was over, I thought I was going back to work for somebody else. And here I am a year later thinking about all that we have Accomplished. Yeah, there's challenges. Yeah, there's there's regrets, there's mistakes, there's failures. Twist, turns and upside-downs, I Get it, but there's a light there, there's hope there, there's motivation there. And my maxing out credit cards between events to events? Am I running money lines as tight as I possibly can, trying to make things the next event? Yeah, damn right, I am. But I'm confident in me, I'm confident in my brand, I'm confident in you and what we stand for and what we believe in. And I know this too shall pass. I know if you sprinkle time and distance on it, it all makes sense. And as I sit here thinking about the day I just had, compared to a day that I would have had in this situation, I can't help but think about how fortunate I am. I can't help but think about how blessed I am. I can't help but say thank you to all of you. It's your support, it's your belief, it's your confidence in me that helps me to continue on this path. Getting to spend time each and every one of you conversations, emails, messages, phone calls, whatever it is, man, I thank you. When I really Think about the relationship that I have with so many of you loyal listeners and supporters of this brand, and I think about all the people I've been able to meet over the past few years, and I think about the fact that if you just open yourself up, if you just share your story, if you Just allow other people to share their story, I Can't help but think what the difference that makes in life. So, following on this little journey here today, folks, because I want to Contrast and compare what it was like for me for my first fair, when I was sleeping outside in a lawn chair and the pouring rain by myself would not have sold to talk to, versus now, because today it got rained out. But you know what happened today. I spent the entire day with a great friend of mine, matt from ledge wave arms, who you guys have heard me talk about many times, but I met Matt at my very first fair. I met Matt at the fair that I got rained out at and he came in and started a conversation and we each opened ourselves up and got to meet each other and share conversation and find core values and and you know just common beliefs, and we both were eager to learn, to meet and to listen, and that resulted in a friendship that resulted in so much more, and the fact that I spent today with him traveling around, meeting more people, meeting more vendors, sharing more stories, getting more lessons, and Then leaving the fair and traveling around and going out to lunch. We found ourselves at this little Irish bar a few miles down the street and Let me say, before we went into that bar, I think we were driving there and we were just shooting the shit. Having a conversation about how much more fulfilling life is when you open yourself up, how much more fulfilling life is when you actually allow yourself to share yourself with others, right, when you you provoke conversations with strangers, when you're how do I put this man? I'm genuinely curious. Right, does that make sense when you are genuinely curious? And conversation, when you are genuine about wanting to know somebody, wanting to meet somebody, when you're genuine about wanting to hear their story, to share your story, and it needs to be about having the curiosity to meet people. It needs to be about having the genuine curiosity to wanna hear somebody else's story, because far too often in this world and this life that we roll through, we meet people that are just eager to share their story and are not hear your story. Or you're more willing to go into a conversation and spend the entire two hours talking about who you are, what you do, what you believe in, where you're from, what you've done and who you are, as opposed to just listening right, so many more meaningful conversations and relationships start with listening. When you just provoke the conversation and you show a genuine curiosity in the person and you just listen, let them vent, let them speak, let them tell their story, let them share with you, they might relate to you, they might connect with you. And then when you speak, when you respond, it's so much more powerful, it's so much more meaningful because there's a connection, because you took the time to listen, to learn to understand, to know that person. That's how meaningful conversations start, that's how meaningful conversations turn into meaningful relationships. So me and Matt were having this conversation about how he's just a friendly guy. I mean, we were in this restaurant away is away from his home, and in the course of being in there, two complete strangers to me rolled in. That knew him, that had conversations with him, and we just had a conversation about how he's just, really just a genuine person. He genuinely wants to get to know more people, so he puts himself out there and when we were leaving, we were having that conversation, because my wife always considers me the mayor in most places we go because I know so many people. But it's about genuinely liking people, being interested in folks and not wanting to go through life alone, because when you open yourself up and you have these conversations, you can share frustrations. So if I think about last year and I had all those things weighing on me at this event and I would have lost another day to the rain and I sat around and did nothing and was left alone with my thoughts, I don't know how far my depression would have went. I don't know how much pressure I would have put on myself, I don't know how much I would have beat up myself. But because over the past couple of years I've opened myself up, I've been vulnerable and genuinely curious to meet people, genuinely curious about conversations. Because of that fact, I've built meaningful relationships and ones that resulted in me not being alone, ones that resulted in me having positive, productive conversations encouraging me. So if I think about the difference about going to a fair and losing an entire day and spending it by yourself and beating yourself up about all the things that are on the line, versus having the opportunity to spend time with someone and then genuinely come back to camp, re-energize, invigorate it and ready for the rest of the fair or the positive outlook, because your friend built your confidence up, because they told you I've been there, I've done that, this is what'll happen, this is how it's gonna go. You must keep pounding. There's safety in numbers, there's confidence in community, you understand. There's confidence in community in finding that circle, building that trust, and you don't get that unless you open yourself up. You don't get that unless you are genuinely curious about people. You understand what I'm saying. So we're having this conversation today and then we're rolling into this bar, this little Irish pub that neither one of us have ever been to before, and we sit down and we just start drinking and at the end of the bar there's two old timers, one of them's in his 70s and the other one has this distinct character about him. He has this long beard and he's got kind of like a Willie Nelson flared it was beard. He's got a bucket hat like an old fishing hat. On it a gold tooth and just a face of wisdom, right, and he just has a confident, calming smile, the one that it's like affectionate. It's like just a smile that's not affectionate, it's affectionate, right. It just makes you wanna smile and wanna laugh. When this old timer starts laughing and you see his gold tooth and you see that big smile on the tan cheeks, it's just welcoming man, it just makes you feel good. And me and Matt were shooting the shit, reminiscing about old times, and he was actually telling me about a previous business endeavor he was on with snowmobiles and these fellows just chimed in from across the bar asking about snowmobiles and if we actually own sleds, and that spiraled into an attire afternoon of conversation with these two folks. And I kid you not on how full circle this is and the fact that here's me and Matt on the fair circuit together and sharing this conversation about genuinely being interested in conversation with people, right, and that you know life's a lot better when you just put yourself out there and when you wanna meet and greet and get to know people. Here's these two fellas that just did the same thing to us. They interjected into our conversation, they, you know, provoked conversation with questions about us on something that related to them. And after we started talking and shooting the shit for a while, they literally said to us every place we go, we try to get into a conversation. We try to sit at the bar and encourage conversation with someone next to us, cause life's a lot better when we get to know people and share stories. I couldn't help but look across the bar and say is that me and Matt in 30 years, 40 years, whatever? And the more these guys talk, they mentioned that they're up here or down here from their area camping and clamming at this beach that they really enjoyed and they're pre-booked to camp there for the next three years. I wanna say, and they mentioned yeah, they asked me and Matt for friends and how long we've been friends. And Matt's like I really only see him during the fair season, like it's only during the fall. And they started laughing and said you know what's funny? I only see him in the wintertime, when snowmobile season starts up. We start rooming chariots and snowmobiling and then, when the snow starts to melt and go away, I say all right, see you next year. And I just couldn't help but think how similar that is and to see those two so happy and then hearing them just share stories about how their relationship works, that connection, you know, and just the common values and beliefs they have, but the fact that they have very separate interests and philosophies and they only spend a short amount of time together during the year. But it's crazy, man. And you think about the friends I have on the fair circuit that I only really get to see on the fair circuit, but that just trust and belief you have in each other and the willingness to look out for each other. And I think about the last fair I was at and we had two storms where we had to close the fair early and I grabbed business cards from the people that were next to me because I was staying there all weekend and they weren't, so I could come back in the middle of the night and inspect their camp and call them if something was wrong. That is supporting one another and by having those conversations it just provokes more conversations and it builds belief and support in you and who you are as a person and what you stand for as a brand. And the more people you have out there saying that I met these folks, I had these conversations and they're just good, genuine people, the further that goes. So during this time today at the bar I'm talking to these gentlemen one of the fellas, the fellow with the beard and the gold tooth he actually runs a snowmobile club and he's looking for somebody to make new apparel for him, someone to make new shirts for the snowmobile club, and we exchange some information and he wants to reach out to me and his friend that was with him his wife just got a job working at Origin, which is man. Origin is like the beacon of hope. It's the shining light for me of an American brand, an American apparel line, an American line that does, you know, supplements and boots and jeans and T-shirts and all kinds of things, energy drinks. Jocko Willink is one of my favorite people on the entire planet. I've never met him but I'm so incredibly motivated by him. I've listened or read every single one of his books. I've watched many of his speeches and he owns this business. He's a partner at this business, at Origin, and I was talking to this gentleman about his wife starting there and having these conversations and you're thinking, man, if we weren't talking about snowmobiles and that fellow wasn't genuinely curious about conversation, we don't end up here the fact that a business opportunity might have come out of this, the fact that a connection came out of this, that, ironically, motivation came out of this, gratification came out of this because things came full circle. I was just having this conversation with my friend and then it was done to us. If that doesn't come full circle and show you that what you're doing is right, if that isn't written in the stars, babe, that that's what you're supposed to be doing, then I don't know what is man sometimes when I say it takes time and distance for it to all make sense. It takes more time and distance than 2.9 miles down the road in 12 and a half minutes. But it really truly came full circle today and I was witness and a benefactor to someone being genuinely curious about conversation During this time. Two other fellows came in and sat in between us and they're fishermen here and we listened to a lot of struggles about what it is to be a fisherman in this state and the legislature and the laws that are going into place trying to end main fishermen and we were sharing all these conversations and the fellow that owns the boat mentioned to me I love American made and we exchanged some information and he might come over to the fair and looking to support us. And you think about it and say I went out for a beer with a friend and I might have opened two business opportunities, but I also made an impression on four individuals and I found a story. I found a great story and a great message and a great lesson. And while having these conversations and spending the time with these folks, I actually shared my story about Texas and the fact that the wife and I were in Nashville and we met Liz and Carter and then we found ourselves a few months later out in Texas for a wedding and my wife was in that wedding. And the fact is that I use that to reconfirm to those gentlemen their philosophy on actually starting conversations with people and how rewarding it is. So I just confirmed to them that what they were doing was working, while they confirmed to me what I was doing was working because they did it to me. If that's not a circle, jerk, wait a nap, and I don't know what is. I don't mean that in a sexual way, I mean it's completely a sexual term, but it's fucking remarkable, isn't it, people, the fact that things work out that way. So I just think about my day Today I went around checking on other vendors, having conversations with other vendors and supporting people, and I was thinking about my friend from Mingli Coffee that we formed a great relationship over the years and multiple new vendors that I never met before, but they were just interested in the fact that we were generally invested in other people's business and well-being. Matt and I caught up with our friend Mackenzie from Shutterbug Snapshot, this young girl that's both in the photography business, and we're discussing business opportunities with her and she's looking to have me print some shirts for her and her dad for the next fair, for their polling team, and us trying to get her into some photography shoots with us. It's crazy, man. You think about it like I actually met Mackenzie and Matt at the same fair, the same week, the same year, the same time. And the point I'm making here is, if you're not genuinely curious about conversation with strangers, you don't make those relationships without those relationships. Today's a miserable day for me. I'm alone in my camper in the rain, alone with my thoughts, alone, with regret about what's not happening. Another down day, another difficult day. Instead, I'm out celebrating, rejoicing and enjoying myself. It has a far contrast from how these things started for me. So I really, really, really encouraged you each and every one of you today, no matter what it is you're doing, no matter where you go today, be genuinely curious about conversation, start conversation with people, get to know people, learn from people. You don't know how it's gonna end for you, it might be a business opportunity. It might be a best friend opportunity. You might find yourself in a wedding. You might find yourself anywhere anytime, looking for someone, and there they are. Because you led with your heart. You were vulnerable. You live with passion and compassion and you were genuinely curious to get to know people. It is a beautiful way to live. It's a fulfilling way to live. I get it. You're gonna meet some assholes. You're gonna get met with some resistance. You're gonna get into some conversations you wish you never had. But for every 10 of those shitty, miserable conversations, there's one hidden gem. There's one story that motivates you. There's one message that could change you. There's an opportunity and a person that might impact you for the rest of your life. You might meet someone that'll stay in your life. You might meet someone that will give you a better life. I'm living a far better, more satisfying, gratifying life because I allowed myself to meet people, to get to know people. So the fact that today was as negative a day as it was, I'm sitting here rejoicing and celebrating the fact that I'm in a camper, watching a Ferris wheel, recording a message to you, celebrating friendships I've made. All along this path, those trials and tribulations, those turns, those ups and downs. There's stops along the way, there's people and places and faces along the way, and I'm thankful for each and every day and each and every face and place, because it makes me me and it makes this me a much better me. So, because of that, I wanna say thank you to each and every one of you that have made a positive impact on me, that have changed me, that have molded me, that have inspired me. So many blessings in my life, so much great fortune in my life, started for me back in July of 2020. When I took a microphone, I connected to my fucking laptop and I started recording. Share the Struggle podcast. Because of this podcast, I have been transparent, I have shared my story, I have opened my heart to so many and you have all welcomed me. And because of this podcast, I have had so many more enlightened conversations, so many more difficult conversations, positive conversations, life-changing conversations. All because I allowed myself to be open, because I was genuinely curious about conversation, sharing my story and looking to hear your story. So my message today is for you to share your story and to listen, read, absorb, interact and respond to everybody else's story. Because when you do that, when you go in willing to listen, willing to learn, they're gonna return the favor. When someone is genuine, when you're meeting the right person and you're intrigued your interests are peaked by their story and by their message they're gonna wanna hear yours too, bucca Roo, I promise you. And when you share your story and your message that is so powerful because I know it is because I've heard from so many of you the two of you and your new friendship, your new connection will be united as one. You might be best friends, you might be acquaintances. You might just find somebody for support, you might just find a positive damn message. I can't tell you what you're gonna find, but I can tell you it'll be worth your time. Be eager to listen, provoke the conversation. When opportunity comes, you share your story and seal the deal. You'll be so damn surprised by the amount of people that'll support you, that'll believe in you that will build you up Buttercup, because each and every one of you listening right now that have been along this ride for 161 consecutive weeks. You've been doing that to me since 2020. And I can't thank you enough. With that said, it's been a long day in the camper and I'm trying to do everything I possibly can to keep the sounds as clean as possible in the camper because there's a lot of motion and commotion outside. Lights are blinking and flashing, the rain's been coming down pretty damn hard. I'm trying to muffle the sound in here to make this microphone not sound like I'm talking to you from inside of a tuna can. I'm doing the best I can to make this audio as clean as possible, because I know y'all come to expect and respect clean, good quality audio, because everything we do is good and clean. Am I right? Wink? Wink, don't forget to find all things podcast related at wwwsharethestrugglepodcastcom. You can still get some podcast merch there. I'm about to kick off the Top Some Fair starting tomorrow. I'll be here all the way through Sunday. I wish I knew the date. I can't do math that quick in my head, y'all. But yeah, I think it's the 13th, that's right. All the way through August 13th. So if you're around, if you can make it down, come on out and see me. I'd love to see you. It's rock and roll, man. Business is picking up. I've got a lot of custom orders to do when I get home, I've got new designs to do for the next fair and I just picked up two new jobs today during the rainstorm. So I want to be a busy SOB when I get out of here. All along with trying to grow the business, expand the business, I'm trying to double our display size, our event space, for the next event. So things are getting crazy up in here, up in here, up in here. But I'm excited about it and I have each and every one of you to thank for it. So I really wanted to push record today and say, man, what a wonderful world it is we live in, when I think about how disappointing things were for me about a year ago today and how different it is today, even when I lost another day at the fair. It's all about perspective, man. Your perspective is your reality, and the more people by your side that are believing in you, that are pulling for you, that are supporting you, the easier this ride is. So I encourage you to be genuinely Curious about conversation now. Thank you for supporting my American dream. Now Go wash your fucking hands, you filthy savage. That's it and that's all big smiles. If you found value in today's show, please return the favor and leave a positive review. Share it with someone that is important to you. Hit, subscribe and help us grow our Trab. Are you interested in sponsoring the show? Maybe you're looking to be a guest on the show? Find all that you need to know about the show at share the struggle podcast com. Subscribe to grow our tribe on Apple podcast, spotify, google podcast, amazon music, iheart radio and all other major platforms. And don't forget to like and share our official Facebook page at share the struggle podcast. 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