: It must be humbling to receive such an exquisite award.
: Congratulations brother Nick, well deserved!

I didn't realize quite how special it was until I opened the JobPack and saw that it contained one blackened 80 grit sanding disk which I can probably use for another 30 hours of epoxy removal.

One of the requirements for receiving such a fabulous item of detritus is to provide a testimony starting with:

My name is Nick and I am a builder. I used to be an electrical engineer, earning good money without working too hard. I left that about 15 years ago so on a good year I can make half as much building boats as I used to make as an engineer - even after 15 years. I went from earning a reliable pay check with 5 weeks of vacation plus comp-time earned on trips to Hawaii, plus good insurance and a 401K with contributions matched by my employer, to selling plans to demented individuals around the world, getting splinters in my hands, barely taking a week off a year and almost never getting away from work.

There are well known 12 step programs that exist to rehabilitate people who have less damage done by their addiction than the boat building sickness has done to me. I make myself feel better by selling my drug of choice to those poor lost souls around the world who dream of building boats as a way to support themselves in their retirement. I am sorry for the damage I have done to these sad people's lives and beg forgiveness from their family and friends who lost their beloved spouse or parent to the basement and garage.

I have spent weeks pulling epoxy out of my hair. I have a 1/2 long splinter permanently stuck in my hand. I have ruined dozens of pairs of pants to splashed epoxy. My garage has weird patterns of drips on the floor.

So, for all those who dream of walking away from their job, I highly recommend it if you want to lower your standard of living.