So I’d like to think that we’ve all had this happen to us. You have what you think is a brilliant idea… okay maybe not necessarily a ‘brilliant’ idea, but at least a ‘good’ idea and you decide “I’ve got to do it”
And so of course as you start down the path of accomplishing this grand scheme that you believe will provide you with a sense of fulfillment and self worth and in general make you and your life indisputably better only to find it’s not exactly as simple/ideal as you expected it to be.
If you’re like me each problem or ‘minor setback’ you encounter only doubles your determination. Before you know it you’ve lost sight of the original goal and your only objective is to get past whatever the current problem you’re dealing with happens to be. So you work and work… running into one problem after another becoming more and more entrenched in problems. Eventually you hit a point that brings you out of the euphoric stupor that’s been consuming you to find yourself mired knee deep in a pile of shit saying to yourself… “How the hell did I get here?”
As some of you know I decided to install a new head unit in my car. It seemed like a simple thing to do… definitely a good way to save money and learn about my car. Ha! Such was the dream… but in the end it was not meant to be… The unit is too long, the harness doesn’t quite fit properly, and so now I’ve got myself a car with a bunch of wires sticking out where the radio used to be.
Looking back, you can always identify that one moment, that one decision that led you to the point of no return, the move that got you caught in that proverbial jet wash. What was it this time? Definitely when I decided to take a hand saw to the entrails of my car.
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