Do you ever look at a job in front of you and it just hurts. You haven’t even started and you’re looking for the painkillers. I know I have. The only way to overcome the pain is to start. Somewhere. Don’t think about it. Thinking is often worse than the doing. Start so you can see some progress. Start so you discover it’s not as bad as it looked. Break it into baby steps. Make the ginormous small. And remember at some point you’ll be done.
Tbat’s how I felt about the above photo. One Sunday it was the last 100 square feet of patio we wanted removed. Four hours later I had the above pile instead. Felt good to be done. It it also reminded me that no matter what, some jobs are just back breakers. And that I’m really not meant to swing a sledge hammer for four hours straight. But this also makes so many other tasks much more palatable.
