Hit 5000 linear feet of baseboard this year without realizing it

I was cleaning out my truck last week and found my old notebook. I counted up all the trim jobs I did this year and came to 5,027 feet of baseboard. That's almost a mile of running base. Back when I started in the 90s I was lucky to do 1,000 feet in a year. It hit me that I've probably done more trim in the last decade than the first 20 years combined. Has anyone else looked back at their numbers and gotten surprised?

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matthewgonzalez15d ago

Man that's wild. I did the math on my own work a while back and it was kinda depressing honestly. My back hurts just thinking about all those miles of base. The thing is I never even thought about it until I saw that number in my old book. It's like you're just going through the motions day after day and then bam it hits you. I remember one job I did a few years ago where I was running shoe molding in this old Victorian house and I kept finding more rooms I forgot about. Turns out it was like 800 feet in one house which is insane for a single job. Made me realize how much of my life I've spent on my knees. Not complaining just... yeah it adds up faster than you think.

fisher.taylor15d ago

Read a study once that said tradespeople walk miles daily without even knowing it.