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Does anyone else get paralyzed on fixing small things because they're terrified of it becoming a larger thing? And how do you overcome it? (startrek.website)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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I guess "hire someone" is always an option, but it's a difficult task sometimes, especially finding someone reliable. It's not even that the larger thing is outside my ability, it's just "ugh, I don't have time for this".

Curious if anyone has any tips and tricks to overcome this kind of paralysis.

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, I clearly need a foreman then lol. That's the part where my projects usually fall apart or struggle.

[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

A while back I needed to widen a doorway that had been built undersized and prevented moving our broken-at-the-time washing machine. It took months until a carpenter was on site and could do it as a side project, since I couldn't find the precise sizes of wood to match the remaining trim.

Since then I purchased a table saw, and now being able to rip boards to arbitrary widths I look back on that project and see why the carpenter said it was easy.

All to say, eventually there's a critical mass of tools/materials that begins to make jobs faster.