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A Little Bit Of Duct Tape And It’s All Good…

24 Sunday Jan 2016

Posted by dianasschwenk in Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, My Stories

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200 words, Baseboard, Diana's Enormous Book of Quotes, duct tape, flaws, generalist, good enough, impatient, perfection, quick fix

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“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.” – Steven Wright

I can relate to the above quote.

I hate to admit it.

But it’s true.

I’m a generalist. And unless I’m totally enthralled with something, I learn just enough to be dangerous.

Like when I learned (and ‘learned’ is a very generous term here) to play the guitar. I learned 16 chords. I practiced till my fingers bled – yes. But when someone tried to teach me to pick individual notes on individual strings, I quickly dismissed the endeavor.

It was good enough for me to happily strum a few tunes.

I’m not a perfectionist and if something doesn’t work perfectly the first time, I make do, at least for a time.

To do otherwise would make me crazy.

Would make me obsess, get angry, be unreasonable.

So when my tap has dripped I’ve collected the water in a container. When the vacuum hose had a tear I’ve taped it up. When the chain on the toilet thingamajig broke, I’ve used twist ties.

~ DIANA’S ENORMOUS BOOK OF QUOTES ~

Shhhh don’t tell anyone, but some of my baseboards are held in place with duct tape…

…and I’m OK with that.

Talk to Diana


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