one of my dad's best advices
Aug. 16th, 2008 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sergebroom"You may use my tools, but put them back where they belong."
Strictly speaking, the above words from my dad aren't advice, but a guideline as to How Things Are To Be in his house. Still, this advice/guideline was probably one of his best.
With it, he let me learn on my own. There was a risk that I'd hurt myself, and I had the cuts to show for it, and the blood blisters when a hammer missed its target. But I did learn how to do things that I had never done before, one example being last year's landscaping project, which resulted in my having one nail fall off a finger. It also taught me how to make things like the props (one of which can be seen below) for Susan de Guardiola's masquerade presentation at this year's worldcon - a project in which I suffered no bodily damage, by the way.
One other reason why this advice/guideline was so good is that it got me into the habit of always keeping my stuff in its proper place. It cuts down on how long it takes to clean up my desk or my closet or whatever else. Also, yours truly is quite happy not wasting time looking for things under other things.
Strictly speaking, the above words from my dad aren't advice, but a guideline as to How Things Are To Be in his house. Still, this advice/guideline was probably one of his best.
With it, he let me learn on my own. There was a risk that I'd hurt myself, and I had the cuts to show for it, and the blood blisters when a hammer missed its target. But I did learn how to do things that I had never done before, one example being last year's landscaping project, which resulted in my having one nail fall off a finger. It also taught me how to make things like the props (one of which can be seen below) for Susan de Guardiola's masquerade presentation at this year's worldcon - a project in which I suffered no bodily damage, by the way.
One other reason why this advice/guideline was so good is that it got me into the habit of always keeping my stuff in its proper place. It cuts down on how long it takes to clean up my desk or my closet or whatever else. Also, yours truly is quite happy not wasting time looking for things under other things.
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