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Hit 2,000 sweeps and I'm split on whether volume or variety matters more
Last Tuesday I finished my 2,000th chimney sweep since I started my own route in 2018. That number surprised me because I never tracked totals, just the daily grind. What I'm torn on is whether hitting that mark means I should keep taking every job that comes in, or start turning down the simple ones to focus on the tricky masonry work. The easy sweeps pay the bills steady, but the hard jobs are where I actually learn something new. Has anyone else passed a milestone like this and changed how they pick jobs, or do you just keep the same mix going?
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sam_anderson23d ago
Man, I had a buddy who ran a lawn care gig and when he hit 500 yards he did the same math in his head. He kept every single job for another year, got burned out, then dumped the easy stuff all at once and lost three months of steady pay before the hard jobs filled the gap. What saved him was dropping the cheap accounts one at a time instead of all together, so he could see how the money actually shook out. The tricky work paid better per job but there were way fewer of them, so the switch took way longer than he figured.
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