Just Two Minutes: My Grand Opening Smelled Like Sh*t

Bite-sized dental wisdom in under 2 minutes.

Right after I opened my office—like, brand-new floors, still-smells-like-fresh-drywall new—we had a sewage backup from the business next door.

Actual raw sewage flooded into my space.
Brand-new floors? Destroyed.
Smelled like... well, use your imagination.

Cue the fun:

• Coordinating clean-up

• Calling insurance

• Replacing floors

• Airing it out

• Pretending everything was fine while I low-key spiraled

Here’s what I learned:
It’s supposed to be hard.

Most people quit when things stop being exciting and start being inconvenient. Dentistry is exciting for five minutes. Then it’s just systems, setbacks, and stress—repeated daily.

So what do you do?

You stop expecting it to feel easy.
You stop looking for motivation.
And you start solving problems faster than they can break you.

Because that’s what separates the ones who build something…
…from the ones who talk about how they almost did.

-Dr. Alex

P.S. If you ever want to test your passion for dentistry, just try walking into your brand new office at 7 a.m. and being greeted by a river of poop.

P.P.S. Want the full behind-the-scenes meltdown? We talk sewage, stress, and startup scars on this week’s Just a Couple of Dentists bonus episode.