As someone said: You can't do anything about what happens to you but you can choose how to respond.
And I discovered another excellent piece of advice after a retinal tear, covid and a pulmonary embolism: Don't let what you can't do get in the way of what you can do.
Very satisfying resolution after a well-thought out assessment of the situation. I read a terrific book on resilience and attended two of the writer's in-person seminars several years ago. Resilience and resourcefulness are two indispensable assets in our Life Tool-belt.
Great story! I was feeling frustrated just reading it. I’m wondering though, if that were another business for another service, would you have been so forgiving for up to three times? I do not think that I would have…
Love this, Don. I was about to call them myself and rage 😡. But you flowed with the whole thing beautifully. Great reminder to accept the boulders life throws in our path and find a way to gracefully sidestep around them while not losing our damn minds. I’d love to see a before and after of the office!
I was all set to recommend Taskrabbit to you, when I saw you hired someone on the app! A Tasker installed our over the stove microwave a few years ago, and we were delighted by his professionalism. I hate most apps of this kind (think Uber, ugh) but I gotta admit that Taskrabbit is impressive. I only wish it were in my medium-sized city!
As someone said: You can't do anything about what happens to you but you can choose how to respond.
And I discovered another excellent piece of advice after a retinal tear, covid and a pulmonary embolism: Don't let what you can't do get in the way of what you can do.
Great ability to adapt but also to change course about the assembler when it was just too much!
Very satisfying resolution after a well-thought out assessment of the situation. I read a terrific book on resilience and attended two of the writer's in-person seminars several years ago. Resilience and resourcefulness are two indispensable assets in our Life Tool-belt.
The workarounds wisdom offers. After reading this blog post by David Pollard, I am surprised the assembleing provider answered at all.
https://howtosavetheworld.ca/2022/07/24/automating-away-customer-service/
Great story! I was feeling frustrated just reading it. I’m wondering though, if that were another business for another service, would you have been so forgiving for up to three times? I do not think that I would have…
Love this, Don. I was about to call them myself and rage 😡. But you flowed with the whole thing beautifully. Great reminder to accept the boulders life throws in our path and find a way to gracefully sidestep around them while not losing our damn minds. I’d love to see a before and after of the office!
I was all set to recommend Taskrabbit to you, when I saw you hired someone on the app! A Tasker installed our over the stove microwave a few years ago, and we were delighted by his professionalism. I hate most apps of this kind (think Uber, ugh) but I gotta admit that Taskrabbit is impressive. I only wish it were in my medium-sized city!
Brilliantly buoyant account of one trial in life!
I appreciate your comment, although the word Tool-belt gives me pause. I was raised to believe a Jew with a toolbelt was an oxymoron.