Hard to believe that life can be likened to repairing a boat but I think they have a good deal in common. For instance, there is more than one way to go about it. Some folks would jump right in tearing things out and digging in, Others like myself have to mull it over and think about it first. I am not willing to go from bad to worse. Partly because I think, I have experience doing things the first way! Then there is the decisions of what needs to be repaired and what doesn't. Some people are all or nothing. The old aluminium boat needed new seats for sure and perhaps the back end. So do you rip it all out or just the most needed? Some will want it all done and just so which I have often found ends up with nothing getting done. I am not saying a job worth doing shouldn't be done right, however sometimes there are limitations to be considered like materials, money, energy and necessity as well as time it will take. I opted for not doing all of the back, just the board where the motor gets mounted. The other will get painted but I decided I didn't want also to weaken the boat while the seats were also being done. The old gal had never leaked at the rivet points even after 45 odd years so I didn't want to overly stress here now! So once what needs to be done is decided, then there is the how it will be done. I decided to not drill out the old rivets holding the wood in, instead I took a disc grinder and cut the heads off. Fast, effective and done! But I missed a step, getting the tools. So do you go and get them all in a big wheel barrel or go back and forth looking for things as things come up? Nope, not walking up that hill a million times! Everything was brought down at once! So much easier in the long run! Lastly, do you paint the seats once, twice, three ties or more? I feel you do it for as long and as many coats as it takes. My signs when I used to paint, lasted because I knew preparation is as important as execution! So, boat is done. Took two days but things were ready for painting by day two, just needed to dry a lot! Went out and caught a fish and didn't sink! Fixed my rod which broke at the tip...like new, but that is another story! So for me, I recognize the need for fore thought and preparation before going off to do something. I am not one to jump in with both feet immediately. I didn't trust that this job would stay an easy fix. What starts out one way, as you dig deep often turns into something else. Even in relationships I don't jump in with both feet. I take my time, I access things, I see where things are, and what could add complications. I watch and see. That is the way I am. Folks do not become a friend in my book until the preparation has been done and I have had enough digging into things to see if there are going to be complications. Sometimes an acquaintance does turn into a friend. Then it lasts. I am loyal. I will be there though thick and thin however not in the beginning. I have to take my time and mull things over, observe and just see how things go. I always look at how I am treated, not what is said. Too many folks say one thing and do another. So, the boat still floats after a few repairs, and so can a life be the same after a few changes and repairs are needed since after all, that is life.
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