[lamby]

It's not magic indeed:

——

Looking up and down the aisles at Lowes and not finding a raised garden bed that met my needs, I inquired with a staff member:

“Sorry, we don’t carry anything like that.”

“Darn. Ok, I’ll try another store then,” I sighed with resignation.

“You know,” he said to me, “it’s just wood.”

It took me a moment to realize how liberating this statement was. To him, woodworking held no mystery at all - it was just a thing you did. If he wanted a garden bed, there’d be no question in his mind that he’d make it himself. Why spend more on something suboptimal when you can build exactly what you want?

— Bryan Kennedy (http://plusbryan.com/its-just-wood)

[brokenmachine]

Nice quote.

At least half of what I have learned has been because I was dissatisfied with what was available and thought I could do better myself.

Sometimes I could make a better thing, and sometimes I couldn't, but I always learned something. Even sometimes just the knowledge that it's harder than it looks.