Well, I think I’m catching up with work a bit? I’m still totally buried, but I’m regularly telling people that I’m buried and that it’s gonna be some time next week before I can get to them, and so that’s keeping things not as crazy, even though they are crazy. It’s also helping me be more picky about the jobs I take and those I don’t. Things are likely to be less problematic if I only take the more straightforward jobs, and with as much as is coming in, I an afford to be picky.
Today was a good example–CV axle; no crank, no start; misfire diagnosis, no start (starter).
They didn’t all go smoothly, but the issues that came up were all manageable, nothing crazy. I appreciated that.
#1. I’m grateful the rain never went beyond the misting stage. That was nice.
#2. I’m grateful that the CV axle job didn’t kick my butt up one side and down the other. It wasn’t easy, but what could have easily been the hardest part of the job was the easiest. Wahoo 🙂
#3. I’m grateful that the misfire job was the super easy kind. Figured it out in 10 minutes or so. Fixed in another 10. Wham, on to the last.
#4. I’m grateful that the last job paid me. I felt like I was getting the vibes like, “this guy isn’t gonna pay me.” But he did. Yay. 🙂
#5. I’m grateful that I was able to find a place to easily relocate the ground wire. The threads that held the ground wire bolt were stripped. Someone had probably over torqued and stripped them. Then my tap broke off inside the bolt hold. 😬 Fortunately, there was an unused threaded hole of the exact right size within perfect distance to reach that short wire. Sooooooo nice.
#6. I’m grateful that Mindy is warming up to me a little it more each day, it seems. Steady progress.
#7. I’m grateful when I have my customers tell me things like, “you’re the best mechanic,” or “that’s why I only use you.” etc. It feels good. I work hard to do right by them, and I’m grateful that there are some who see it.
I’ve struggled the last couple of days. I was so good at getting up on time, but then the lack of sleep was killing me. I haven’t been so good at the bedtime part of it. Most days it’s been a bit out of my control (not specifically choosing to take more on than I should, at least). Yesterday, I was up late because… I had a couple conversations that, though they were positive and good at the time, made it easy to slip into feeling sorry for myself, and I think I wanted an escape a bit. So… though I was already late to bed for more reasonable reasons, I was up even longer simply because I was… discouraged? So I squirreled.
That carried into this morning, when I slept in again until about 6:30, but struggled to even get going on my dailies. I’m still much better overall, but it was a tough morning, a really tough morning.
Fortunately, my heart got lighter and lighter as the day went on.
Thought of the Day: “Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.” ~ Muhammed Ali
Lift the World.
~ stephen
Lift the World 