ArVeeNiner
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I?ve been diagnosed with analysis paralysis! You know, you always think that happens to the other guy?never yourself. It sneaks up on you so slowly, you never see it coming. It all starts with just a bit of nagging doubt about something as simple as the location of a hole. You might wait until the end of the night to drill that hole after mulling it over in your head for a while.
Things begin to get out of hand once you?re ?Vandalized? the first time. You?re sure you put that hole right where the plans told you to put it but by doing that, you?ve now made your life harder because now it interferes with something else. After a search on VAF, you find that EVERYBODY has done it exactly as outlined in the plans and EVERYBODY screwed it up too.
After a few of those, the paralysis starts to set in. What else is out there lurking? The answer is out there, probably on VAF, but you don?t know the question until after you?ve screwed it up. So you question everything on the drawing and run things over in your mind, sometimes for days or weeks. I don?t know how many times I?ve run things by a good friend of mine at work, working out a plan and then trying to find something wrong with it. What bad ramification will my seeming small action have for me in the future? What corner will I paint myself into? What am I not seeing?
I?ve been taking a break from the airplane for the last couple of weeks to complete a long overdue ?honey do?, remodeling one of our bathrooms. I was on the phone with the shower pan manufacturer stressing about miniscule details. I told him that I tend to over think things. He asked me if I was an engineer by chance. He NAILED IT! He said he sees that all the time from guys like me.
So, after 6+ years of building, I finally was diagnosed by another guy at work. It makes perfect sense. I wish I was diagnosed years ago. I?m not sure if I could have fixed it but at least I would have had awareness.
Here I am on the home stretch and most of the fears that I had didn?t materialize. Was this a result of my completeness or were most things just never a big concern from the get go? There is a line in a Tom Petty song that goes ?Most things I worry about never happen anyway?. Ain?t that the truth?
So for you guys that get your planes done in 24 months, my hat is off to you. Of course, if I take off my hat I wonder if my head and face will burn. That would obviously increase my chance of skin cancer and I don?t want that. I guess I should put on some sunscreen. I wonder what SPF I should use. 50 would be good I guess but I only have 30 in the house. Of course that 30 is pretty old, maybe past its? expiration date. I wonder what would happen if I used it anyway?would it be less effective? OK, I better just go out and get a new tube of 50. Wow, they come in regular formula and a kid?s no tears formula. Well, I don?t like eye irritation but I wonder if that formula is less effective. Why would they have two formulas out unless one is more effective that the other one? Man, I'm tired of thinking about this. I?m kinda hungry. It?s almost time for lunch. Let?s see, what could I eat?
Things begin to get out of hand once you?re ?Vandalized? the first time. You?re sure you put that hole right where the plans told you to put it but by doing that, you?ve now made your life harder because now it interferes with something else. After a search on VAF, you find that EVERYBODY has done it exactly as outlined in the plans and EVERYBODY screwed it up too.
After a few of those, the paralysis starts to set in. What else is out there lurking? The answer is out there, probably on VAF, but you don?t know the question until after you?ve screwed it up. So you question everything on the drawing and run things over in your mind, sometimes for days or weeks. I don?t know how many times I?ve run things by a good friend of mine at work, working out a plan and then trying to find something wrong with it. What bad ramification will my seeming small action have for me in the future? What corner will I paint myself into? What am I not seeing?
I?ve been taking a break from the airplane for the last couple of weeks to complete a long overdue ?honey do?, remodeling one of our bathrooms. I was on the phone with the shower pan manufacturer stressing about miniscule details. I told him that I tend to over think things. He asked me if I was an engineer by chance. He NAILED IT! He said he sees that all the time from guys like me.
So, after 6+ years of building, I finally was diagnosed by another guy at work. It makes perfect sense. I wish I was diagnosed years ago. I?m not sure if I could have fixed it but at least I would have had awareness.
Here I am on the home stretch and most of the fears that I had didn?t materialize. Was this a result of my completeness or were most things just never a big concern from the get go? There is a line in a Tom Petty song that goes ?Most things I worry about never happen anyway?. Ain?t that the truth?
So for you guys that get your planes done in 24 months, my hat is off to you. Of course, if I take off my hat I wonder if my head and face will burn. That would obviously increase my chance of skin cancer and I don?t want that. I guess I should put on some sunscreen. I wonder what SPF I should use. 50 would be good I guess but I only have 30 in the house. Of course that 30 is pretty old, maybe past its? expiration date. I wonder what would happen if I used it anyway?would it be less effective? OK, I better just go out and get a new tube of 50. Wow, they come in regular formula and a kid?s no tears formula. Well, I don?t like eye irritation but I wonder if that formula is less effective. Why would they have two formulas out unless one is more effective that the other one? Man, I'm tired of thinking about this. I?m kinda hungry. It?s almost time for lunch. Let?s see, what could I eat?
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