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Draper serated edge trowel. Complete game changer.

I’m sitting at work feeling totally burnt out 🥵 by everything not just work pressures and this video popped up in my feed

Really good video cheers. Got to step off the grind for a while. When your so busy you dont pick up on things yourself other people see it. Have a nice holiday!

If you ever need to survive an apoc level event the tools you'll need is WD-40 and ducttape.

Fair play Nathan iam currently up in north Wales on the Lynn peninsula for a week away with the family , so much needed

Always put yourself and family first. Any job will replace you, so enjoy some time to relax and recharge!

Well said that man!....wise words and really good advice....speaking from experience. We all think we're in vincible in life until things go t$#s up and it can sneak up at any time. Enjoy your break away with the wife bud and keep up the awesome content you've been putting out on YT. First year self start up in the gardening business and i've learned a lot from your channel...cheersl👍Look after yourself.

Just enjoy yourself! If you can do it just do it mate! Im doing the same in october, lifes too short.

You are spot on, my wife tells me the same thing, you need to rest your body she tells me, and my response like yours and i guess many others. But how about the money that will be lost plus the cost of going on holiday, and the customers etc, then i get that look, so i then have to pull my head out of the work mode, and start listening and yep your right, your body will tell you that you are over doing it, when you listen to it, the struggle is finding that even keel of work time and down time in life, and what really matters, i am fortunate i love my job as a gardener, but the down side of that can mean i spend to much time working, and not enough time relaxing to recharge, so thanks for reconfirming what we all know, but find so hard to do when running your own business

Did you actually say you earn £2500 per week doing gardening work ?

Great timing needed to hear this today! Im running empty and need a recharge was worrying about the jobs but it's true- either choose the break yourself or your body will choose for you!!

Listening to this sat on a sun lounger in Spain. This is me mate. A mirror image in everything you say. Hope the break was good mate and catch up at the shows.

Thanks for the honest video

Thanks so much, that’s exactly what was wrong, you rock, thanks so much 😎

Yep I have been there I pushed myself on and on was busy and yh I had to break through health reasons so definitely experienced all I said . Now I have a holiday in the summer busiest time to recharge my batteries

I had one years ago that stormed round from next door every time I used a leaf blower demanding I either turn it off or ‘put it on quiet mode’. I simply said “f**k off it hasn’t got one.” and he didn’t bother me again. Thought it would escalate but didn’t 🤷🏼‍♂️ Following season asked me to do his garden, I went to see him turns out he was a psychotherapist working from home and his clients needed quiet. We set up a system where I only used machinery in between clients. Weirdly it worked, did the garden, well paid until he moved 3 years later. He never mentioned my bad language 😅

Thoroughly agree with all five. I started using a 3.4m tripod ladder in 2020, cost me £530 but was able to do an £800 hedge that I’d backed away from quoting for before. Proper game changer. Add in all my battery gear (still kept the petrol stuff 😉), not looked back. Great video as always.

In 2 days i walk 27.7 miles cuttings lawns. Last Christmas 🎄 i said to myself need off this hamsters wheel. So that me 4 day a week not be going back to working 5 days a week anymore. Life to short & if i live to retirement age 67 will i be able to really do anything ?

You don't need to justify yourself mate. Listen to your body. It never tells you lies. It's all about finding the balance. Easier said than done I know.

Absolutely spot on the money Nathan. If you add up all the hours we do working when not in work quotes email etc its even more . You have to have a perspective a ballance. Personally I have a cut off now a routine 8:to 4:30 I'm work with a dinner break .3 quotes a week and I select each quote I don't go to all of em mate .Don't tend to work many Saturdays either.. Top man Nathan recognising things is essential you done that .speak to others in the trade helps on that note my phones always on Nathan. Take care pal 👍

You have to take a break I took 5 days off last week too mate hit me hard but back on it this week

£12 per hour gets you 30 minutes.

After having half a lung cut off lung cancer in 2021 I now only work sort of part time and I'm ok with that not trying to kill myself anymore take that break if ya need it

Wait you make £3k a week!?

I will be taking my week holiday in your part of the world Nathan, and I can't wait. Yes it's a week of not earning, but I have stopped worrying about that, I just want a week with my lovely lady and my dog Riley. And we will be doing a spot of house hunting too. God bless you brother Peace and love.

Good for you mate, no one's gravestone reads " I wish I spent more time at work." This year's been a killer especially in May with that mad growth with all that rain. You're a good egg and a right grafter 💪 I'm trying to do more weekly clients for this reason what with the weather and the aches and pains at 51, and it's so much easier to take a break schedule wise for time off etc. enjoy the rest of your break ☀️🌴🍺👍

Thank you for the message, takes guts and effort to do that and so true. That old saying less is more comes to mind, even a weekend getaway somewhere is a tonic for the spirit..... Look after yourself.

Thats a long walk to breakfast mate 😂😂...you deserve it buddy..i can see u work hard

Sometimes its hard to listen to advice even when we know it is right. I think that age makes you understand in a way you cant ignore. Ive been doing this a long time now and i still dont rest, charge or relax enough. Like someone else said on here we love to say yes and help out especially the older people, i just wish i was more selfish and charged my worth but i cant help it! Anyway great videos as always, all the best.

Everyone is me me me me go get your holiday the crap will still be there tomorrow Good old hamster wheel 😅

Everyone needs a break and should have one. When you have a hard physical job especially. I know I can’t work at the pace I used to! I know I’m not 20 anymore! I have in more recent years prioritised family time as I still have young kids. I’ve spoken to many guys who missed it because they were too busy working!!! Enjoy your break 🤗👍

Great video Nathan , we’ve just done the same after a very busy 6 months , just returned from a week in Cyprus , much needed break , from Gary’s Garden services in Pembrokeshire

Thanks for all the great messages, I wasn't expecting it for this one to be honest and wasn't going to upload it. As always the wife was right and she said, you have to as it may help someone else. The break away and support here has been brilliant to get me back on the right track. Many thanks 🙏

The honesty hits home hard. I think we all do it in this trade. When I start pushing it my Mrs always says how long can you hold a small cup of water out for? Yeah it's only a cup of water but at some point it gets to heavy and you have to put it down for a rest to be able to go again. Hope you have a good recharge mate

Sound Advice.

Thanks for the reminder, "money can't buy time' booking a holiday now !😎

Ah crap man, the last bit got me, I could see the hurt in your eyes mate............take care buddy and enjoy your time away !

I’m not sure if it’s funny or scary, but I’m totally with you. I didn’t realise this until this year. Of all people , I know how your life can change in the blink of an eye and how precious life and your health is. So it’s good to here your story and know your not alone in how important it is to listen to your body and take that break, even if this is the busiest time of the year for people in our line of work. Enjoy your holiday 🙏

Good on you Nathan. You both deserve your break. I’ve been running a 3 person up to 5 person gardening business in north Lancashire for the last 18 years. I like you will of done 50 hours a year. I’m now 58. My wife now works with me . She does 25k steps per day behind a stihl mower. That keeps you fit but takes it out of you. We now own a motorhome from her previous 37 year nhs pension. So we take 1 week out of 4 to recharge our batteries and see a bit of the UK we have taken for granted. You gotta enjoy your Tenerife or Cotswold break. The grass can and should and will wait mate. Always enjoy your no nonsense videos. Keep up the great work mate. Cheers dave

Great video as always Nathan. I can honestly say as a 17 year old lad who left school last year and started my own gardening company as soon as I could drive after always wanting to work in the industry, the advice from your Chanel is so valuable and inspiring and has even got me thinking about setting up my own Chanel documenting what I’m up to. It’s so important to learn from people with so much experience and is definitely a motivator when it comes to work ethic and so on. It’s all really helpful. This video in particular couldn’t have come at a better time after working 7:30-6:30 6 days a week since February taking a few days off last week really helped me pick back up some energy after it felt like I was running on empty for a while. Thanks for the great advice.

This is the best thing that I’ve heard and seen in a very long time! I reckon that God…or Google…’targeted’ me personally! As a gardener, I wholeheartedly agree with everything you’ve said! I feel like I’m on the verge of a breakdown, simply because I very rarely take a break….but mainly because I can’t say NO! It’s not for the money, though! I know that I don’t charge enough! Some customers are generous and it’s certainly appreciated whereas some others say that I should increase my prices, yet they never give me any extra! Anyway, I’ll take this video as a message to slow down, enjoy the hobbies again, that I used to do, and re assess my work/ life balance!

Couldn’t agree more. Twenty years ago I wasn’t particularly interested in holidays, nowadays we go abroad four or five times between October and April and I wouldn’t change it for the world 👍

Hi Nathan and great topic,when i had problems and needed help i heard a lot of wise words ,one of them being [ you can spend so much time making a living,you miss life], the saying i try to live by today is [ no amount of gold can buy my days ] i try to think this way when i feel my mind is running away with itself buddy.take care and thanks you help me.

Great post to which I can 100 per cent relate to …….your body doesn’t always let you know thou ……trust me I was lucky recently now I don’t need telling twice we don’t comeback for a encore take it easy mate it so easy to think we gardeners can’t do time out unless you want it permanently 👍👍

Nice one Nathan.

Wise words Nathan, thanks for making this video. I'm sorry to hear you've been having a tough time, good on you for taking steps to change things. I hope things improve for you mate. Andy

Superb stuff from a decent man...

Bang on mate bang on !

Enjoy your holiday, you deserve it

I think the hardest part of our job is dealing with the public not the physical work they really are taking years off us the mental strain of running your own business and what goes with it a Holliday is well justified and needed