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.
Thanks for this. His perspective is bleak, but I can't say he's wrong. In my case, I never spoke to a live human. Everything was via chat or email, and I strongly suspect that if any humans were involved, they were working from India.
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.
Wow, that's a lot to bounce back from. I think you deserve an honorary Doctorate of Resiliency.
Thanks Don! I'm finally back in the wood shop and photography studio. Kerrin said how much she enjoyed meeting you.
Great ability to adapt but also to change course about the assembler when it was just too much!
Thanks, Kathy. Glad it resonated for you.
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/
Thanks for this. His perspective is bleak, but I can't say he's wrong. In my case, I never spoke to a live human. Everything was via chat or email, and I strongly suspect that if any humans were involved, they were working from India.
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…
Probably not. I just wanted that desk SO MUCH.
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!
Thank you, Kerrin. Be careful what you wish for.
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!
I'm also dubious of most apps, but I have only great things to say about TaskRabbit. Batting 1.000 with me so far.
Brilliantly buoyant account of one trial in life!
Thans for those kind words! Glad you liked it.
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.