Shop System

Day 7: Week 1 Recap: You Already Leveled Up

If you’ve been following along this week, here’s what you’ve done:

• Day 1: Added 10 Duplicate Zone items and 3 locations
• Day 2: Applied the One Home Rule: every item, one home
• Day 3: Learned the 2-minute readiness check
• Day 4: Started tracking material replacement costs
• Day 5: Wrote your first failure note
• Day 6: Named 5 locations in your shop

That’s it. No massive overhaul. No weekend-long reorganization. Just small, daily improvements that compound.

Day 1: The Duplicate Zone is Where Your Shop Leaks Money

Shops leak money on the Duplicate Zone: bits, sanding, fasteners, glue, finish.

These are the items that are cheap enough to forget and expensive enough to keep rebuying. You don’t notice any single purchase. But over a year? You’re paying a duplicate tax you never signed up for.