I just trimmed my 500th hoof this morning and the number kind of blew my mind

I was cleaning up my truck after a full day and decided to count up my logbook entries from the last two years. I mean, I knew I was busy, but seeing that exact 500 written down felt different. It's not just a number, it's all those horses and all that trust from their owners. Has anyone else hit a personal milestone that made you stop and think about the work?

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rodriguez.cora1mo ago

Is that logbook just numbers and dates, or do you jot down little notes about the horses too? Because I bet that's where the real story is. I started doing that myself, just a quick word or two about the horse's temperament or something funny that happened during the workout. Like one page might say "July 15th - Fido, 45 min walk, tried to chase a squirrel into the creek" and another says "Sept 3rd - Sadie, got her to finally trust me with the leg stretches." It turns a count of 500 into a whole scrapbook of moments, not just a number on a page.

the_reese3mo ago

Man, that's a huge number. You should take a picture of that logbook page. I started doing that with my own work notes, just a quick phone pic on big milestones. It makes it real, you know? It's not just another day, it's proof of all that effort. Makes you look back and really see the road you've traveled.

anna_coleman3mo ago

Lol I can already see the accidental masterpiece. My last milestone pic was half a coffee stain and my own thumb over the important number. Classic. You're right though, @the_reese, it does hit different when you actually look back at the physical proof. Like that one page where my handwriting goes from neat to a doctor's scrawl over the course of a single Tuesday. Tells the whole story.