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NJCher

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3. fix-it-man advice
Sun Aug 31, 2014, 03:20 PM
Aug 2014

This comes from my brother, certainly not me, as I can barely fix anything. I do try, though, and on occasion am successful.

My brother says the way one looks at any handyman project is key. He says to look at it like a "process," not a job. Approach it with the idea that you are going to put time in on a project, not do a job. That way one is less annoyed if there's a failure to complete the project.

I adopted his attitude and it works for me. Of course, there is sometimes a price to pay for that, like projects can stretch on longer than what some people might be able to tolerate.

My brother is Mr. Laidback. Nothing bothers him. If he discovers a hitch in the project, he just walks away from it and does something else. While he is doing something else, a good idea might come to him.

I enjoyed your story, logosoco. It really does communicate the nature of household projects. Now, however, frustrating it might have been, you have a new mailbox to enjoy.


Cher

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