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Tuesday July 23, 2019 subscribe |
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| Sometimes I wonder if I've
squandered my potential. Not often--just every day or so. Maybe several times a day. But seldom every waking minute. Here I am, building and fixing stuff for money, work that people with far less education and experience could do just as well, if not better. But I can't help but feel good when I'm doing it--there's tactile pleasure in manipulating materials, satisfaction in problem-solving, and always more room for learning and improvement. Plus, I'm my own boss and set my own schedule with every day being somewhat different. I also enjoy the curious aesthetics of jobs in progress, as with this patch of a messy ceiling hole left by HVAC electrician. Got to a good stopping point and knocked off early to work on my boat, where I patched superficial paint cracks, stained the galley shelf, and repositioned new cam cleats for the traveler. Ultimately, I take satisfaction knowing what I do for fun is more or less the same as what I do for money. |
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