Hit 200 installs this month and it threw me off

I crossed 200 residential alarm installs in my van just last week and honestly I didn't even notice until I counted back through my invoices. That number felt huge to me because I started this trade solo two summers ago in a small town near Spokane and never expected to get that far. Has anyone else been surprised by a milestone like that and did it change how you looked at your work?

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blair9903d ago

I hit 230 installs last month and it honestly snuck up on me too (I do commercial fire panel work on the side and almost missed it). I was chasing a tricky zone fault on a Vista panel when I realized I'd blown past my old annual record in just four months. It gave me a weird confidence boost, like maybe I actually know what I'm doing out here after all.

the_robin2d ago

@blair990 my buddy hit 200 last month and his truck died the same day... talk about mixed signals.

samreed3d agoMost Upvoted

Ngl I kind of see it the opposite way. Hitting that number just made me realize how many systems I've put in that I'll probably never see again until something breaks. Feels less like a milestone and more like a reminder of how much work is out there waiting to go wrong.