Probably one of the largest mistakes I’ve ever made. When I was 18, I got an offer from one of the last classically trained leather Smiths and silversmiths. Offered to take me on as his apprentice. Said if I gave him 3 years of hard work, he could have me making 125-150 grand a year. But I had just completed BCT. Didn’t think or know how to transfer states. So I turned him down. I regret it from time to time
