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Everyone ready to get super honest about money? Cus here we fucking go. (Wu-Tang is for the Children)

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Content Warning: Frank discussions on finances and mental health One of the best lessons a friend and mentor (to whom I no longer speak) taught me as I began producing theater and eventually directing my own plays was that in the field of projects there is a firmly defined triangle of needs. This differs from Maslow's Hierarchy , which has its own key applications in the creation of art. This is Pick Two of sorts where no matter how hard you try, you can never attain the third choice. The real test of mastery here is giving oneself over to the realities of the underlying truth. To expect a task to be carried out quickly and with quality and then to decide that it can be achieved for lesser cost as well, is to unwittingly remove quality or efficiency from the process regardless of personal whim. So give yourself over to this truth, allow it to permeate your decision making and you'll reduce the number of rework back loops in your way. Of course when designing a house from the g