Sunday, June 15, 2014

The Power of Projects

 I’ve learned that there is power in having a project.  A project can keep us active.  It gives us a specific goal to work toward.  We gain satisfaction once the thing is done and we can do something different all the time.  


My little project was one of those, “build it in a day,” kind of project.  The problem is, the designer of the project is probably one of those 20 something characters.   Of course I knew I wasn’t going to build it in a day.  I figured two. 
 
Being a young man of mind and an old man of body, it took me two weeks to accomplish.  Still, after two weeks of doing a little each day, I finally got it done.
 

 As I think about it now, it’s probably a good thing that I didn’t accomplish it any faster, I figure I only have so many projects in these bones, and I wouldn’t want to run out of projects too quickly.  So here is sort of a step by step of the process.



Now that it’s done, I am already looking forward to the next project. 
No, not that one.  That is more project than I have in me for now.  For that project, first I would have to build a house, then I would need to build a guest house, then I would need to build a bunk house behind the guest house to put it in.  So, that particular project is much further down the road.
This is more like what I had in mind next.So I hope you are all figuring out your next project, whether that is building the bunk in the bunk house behind the guest house behind the house, or whether that is putting a vacancy sign over the homemade bird's nest, keep those projects going.  After all, projects keep us alive and kicking, cutting, scratching and cussing.

Find a project!

Jene