Frustrating & Annoying
Oct. 7th, 2017 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayI spent about 20 minutes yesterday trying to arrive at an accurate measurement from the outside edge of my router base to the inside and outside edges of a straight router bit. The purpose of this was to determine placement of an edge guide to makes a series of cuts on the 2x4 lumber that I was using as a spacer to mount my old woodworker's vise on our new workbench.
After that, I spent about another 10 minutes at trial-and-error because I couldn't get a good measurement and then couldn't get the math right because I misread the dimensions on the router bit case.
I finally got the job done in relatively good shape although I did go back today and made some improvements in how the vise and the plywood liners for the jaws were mounted.
BUT as I was walking upstairs tonight, from a last survey of the day's work, it occured to me what a total BONEHEAD I was for not having simply figured out the whole thing mathematically and said screw all the measurements and trial-and-error nonsense.
At which point you don't need to know a single thing about tools, materials, measurements, even the math, to appreciate the frustration I've been feeling about thought processes that just are not working the way that they need to WHEN I need them to work for me.
Because it isn't just the processes and procedures in the basement workshop that are getting muddled, it's things upstairs and outside the house and with my grandson and all kinds of stuff.
The thing is that, years ago, I used to design complex roof and floor systems for huge buildings that I'd never even seen because they weren't freakin' there yet. It was my job to design, say, 100-foot roof trusses from drawings made up of lines and numbers. By conecting with and understanding the thought processes of designers and engineers who might be 1500 to 2000 miles away.
And now it takes me two days to figure out a simple problem in my own basement. Which is the annoying part. And I haven't even allowed myself to consider the embarassing part because I've been too pi$$ed-off about the rest of it.
Which may mean that I'm finally at the place where I'm ready to demand more, expect more of myself, in all of my upcoming projects and future endeavors.
I hope so, because JUST being pi$$ed-off really hasn't solved anything in my life that I know of yet...
LPK
Dreamwidth
10.7.2017
After that, I spent about another 10 minutes at trial-and-error because I couldn't get a good measurement and then couldn't get the math right because I misread the dimensions on the router bit case.
I finally got the job done in relatively good shape although I did go back today and made some improvements in how the vise and the plywood liners for the jaws were mounted.
BUT as I was walking upstairs tonight, from a last survey of the day's work, it occured to me what a total BONEHEAD I was for not having simply figured out the whole thing mathematically and said screw all the measurements and trial-and-error nonsense.
At which point you don't need to know a single thing about tools, materials, measurements, even the math, to appreciate the frustration I've been feeling about thought processes that just are not working the way that they need to WHEN I need them to work for me.
Because it isn't just the processes and procedures in the basement workshop that are getting muddled, it's things upstairs and outside the house and with my grandson and all kinds of stuff.
The thing is that, years ago, I used to design complex roof and floor systems for huge buildings that I'd never even seen because they weren't freakin' there yet. It was my job to design, say, 100-foot roof trusses from drawings made up of lines and numbers. By conecting with and understanding the thought processes of designers and engineers who might be 1500 to 2000 miles away.
And now it takes me two days to figure out a simple problem in my own basement. Which is the annoying part. And I haven't even allowed myself to consider the embarassing part because I've been too pi$$ed-off about the rest of it.
Which may mean that I'm finally at the place where I'm ready to demand more, expect more of myself, in all of my upcoming projects and future endeavors.
I hope so, because JUST being pi$$ed-off really hasn't solved anything in my life that I know of yet...
LPK
Dreamwidth
10.7.2017
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Date: 2017-10-11 02:25 pm (UTC)Like you I am at long last realizing being passed off doesn't help at all.
I do think as long as we continue to challenge ourselves, while we may be slower, we will at least be functional.
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Date: 2017-10-11 03:47 pm (UTC)Yes, that's absolutely the key to this aging thing. That and focusing on what we accomplish, not on the time spent or the effort it's taken in, you know, a negative way,,,
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Date: 2017-10-11 04:09 pm (UTC)Take what life sends us and be peaceful and at ease with what we've got.
Though I'm not good with goals, contentment comes to mind.
"Keep on truckin'"