Challenges

Fenceposts

If you build a straight fence 30 meters long with posts spaced 3 meters apart, how many posts do you need? If you said ten, think again. The answer is eleven. Ten 3-meter sections will need eleven posts – one at each end. Draw a picture and you’ll see. The answer of ten is called …

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Good Enough

I’ve had this blog post simmering in my mind for quite a while. It’s about being “good enough”. What does that mean? In the past, I’ve felt that “good enough” actually wasn’t good enough; it was just an admission of being too lazy to keep working to get it (whatever it was) good enough. In …

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Roadblocks

Today I hit three roadblocks. And the ironic thing is that also today, a friend messaged me to ask, “You’re truly an inspiration with all you have done!! I’d be interested in knowing some of your “dynamite” (short thoughts that are powerful). Do you find yourself going back to favorite thoughts when you hit a …

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Learning Curves

Learning curves are hard! In the past few weeks, I have tackled learning: WordPress, OBS, IReal Pro, and Chordie. I have tackled: how to undercut a door jamb, leveling a floor, laying luxury vinyl planking. And: alternative accounting methods because my Quickbooks crashed. This means examining different products, starting to use Wave, applying to join …

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