[NOPANTS68]

After spending nearly 15 years in the collision industry, I decided it was time to find a new adventure. I was burned out and becoming negative about the industry and the control the insurance companies are taking from the store/customer relationship. After a short search, I landed a position at a cylinder head company called American Cylinder Head, out of Oakland, CA. Talk about a match made in heaven.

Ultimately, my biggest hurdle wasn't the change in positions, but rather my own hesitation to leave a comfortable, relatively decent paying position to head into the unknown. Turning 40 this year, having 3 children to support, getting married this year, and building the wedding site in my own property certainly filled the head with doubt. I took that leap and it worked out.

Don't ever wait to embrace an opportunity. Change and the unknown are usually tools of fear levied on working people to not leave positions- regardless of the level of misery. I have a massive amount of respect for the individuals on this board, as it was a few of you who were my crutch through the change. I once again called on Lateral-g, and once again it supported me. Thanks all.