I want to keep reiterating we are not lazy. We are doing great. It comes up in so many conversations with creators. Things are hard to do. It takes a bunch of jelly beans to do what look like straightforward tasks. Simple things are not easy. Here’s a story to illustrate. It’s not a good story.
We have a certificate given to us by the Mayor to celebrate our marriage. A prized possession. The glass on the front of the frame cracked in our move and we didn’t hang it. For months, I didn’t get the glass replaced. It sat in the garage. I have finally replaced the glass and it’s ready to be hung… Now, we need to figure out where.
I was thinking today if the glass broke again, it would be okay because I could just replace it again. Then, I realized how much stuff had to happen for it to be easy this time…
- find a place to put the frame while it’s broken so glass doesn’t get somewhere dangerous
- find out where the local frame stores are
- find out what price it is to fix it
- measure the frame (get out the measuring tape and put it away again and stuff)
- look at the frame to see if it’s easy to repair DIY
- search online to see if that size of glass is for sale on its own
- find a place locally that sells the glass
- find it’s at home depot
- go to home depot
- figure out which isle it’s in
- buy it
- wash the glass
- install the glass
- remove the finger prints
If i did that again, I would be prepared to do some of it and the rest I wouldn’t have to repeat.
That’s a lot of stuff. That’s why it took months for me to get around to it.
This task “replace glass on marriage frame” took up one small line on my long todo list.
We’re doing fine, everyone. Be easy on yourself.