Carried a little stick of paraffin in my repair kit for years after my dad showed me that trick on a old canvas tent when I was a kid. That Half Dome zipper is a known pain too, mine always jammed right where the rain fly straps pull the track tight. I keep a tiny birthday candle stub in the lid pocket now and hit the zipper maybe once a season, takes ten seconds and saves you from ripping the pull tab off in a rage at camp. Also learned the hard way not to use lip balm unless you want grit stuck in there forever, wax only. Feels dumb how long we all fight a zipper before trying the cheapest fix on earth.

Sunlight never lies, that's my go-to. Fluorescent tubes throw a green cast that makes grays and silvers look matched when they're not even close. Get that car outside before you clear it or you'll be spraying twice.

...and honestly my spreadsheet isn't even that much better now because I was so mad I kept typing the wrong cells. I feel like the whiteboard is a trap though, you look productive with all those colorful markers and then realize you just drew a flowchart of what lunch orders people wanted. Next time I'm just gonna bring the sticky notes AND my laptop, and let Mark figure out his own forecast while I hide behind the pivot table like a coward.