Comments on: Home Improvement http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/11/04/home-improvement/ Rewriting Life...One Day at a Time Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Heidi http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/11/04/home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Heidi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:09:29 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1191#comment-578 I am with you, the middle parts are agonizing. But the essay you mention makes me think of watching my husbands brothers and sisters (all 17 of them) come together to build their aging parents a home about 4 years ago. It was a real lesson in how to eat an elephant one bite at a time. Every step showed thoughtful movement. They were not frazzeled that building costs shot up, or that they had to drive two hours to the site, or that it would take them over a year to finish. They just kept working. The house looks nice. Sky blue trim and all. I am with you, the middle parts are agonizing.

But the essay you mention makes me think of watching my husbands brothers and sisters (all 17 of them) come together to build their aging parents a home about 4 years ago. It was a real lesson in how to eat an elephant one bite at a time. Every step showed thoughtful movement. They were not frazzeled that building costs shot up, or that they had to drive two hours to the site, or that it would take them over a year to finish. They just kept working. The house looks nice. Sky blue trim and all.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/11/04/home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-577 jennifer Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:42:14 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1191#comment-577 I love the idea of a fugue state of invention and re-invention. I love the idea of a fugue state of invention and re-invention.

]]> By: Anne http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/11/04/home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Anne Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:35:12 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1191#comment-576 This totally resonates with me. So often I have this "end vision" of how I want my life to be, and never take the time to discover (or appreciate) the steps along the way. And I get frustrated when my "end vision" is far away. Lately, I've been trying to break my goals into chunks, asking, "What do I have control over RIGHT NOW?" It helps, but I still struggle. This totally resonates with me. So often I have this “end vision” of how I want my life to be, and never take the time to discover (or appreciate) the steps along the way. And I get frustrated when my “end vision” is far away. Lately, I’ve been trying to break my goals into chunks, asking, “What do I have control over RIGHT NOW?” It helps, but I still struggle.

]]> By: Gale http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/2009/11/04/home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Gale Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:32:44 +0000 http://www.lifeinpencil.com/wp/?p=1191#comment-575 "Walls tumbling down around me is exciting; debating shades of yellow is debilitating." That is so funny to me because I am just the opposite. I would be exhilerated by walls coming down, but also scared to death. But the methodical process of putting Humpty Dumpty back together again? Now that's more my speed. “Walls tumbling down around me is exciting; debating shades of yellow is debilitating.”

That is so funny to me because I am just the opposite. I would be exhilerated by walls coming down, but also scared to death. But the methodical process of putting Humpty Dumpty back together again? Now that’s more my speed.

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