Comments on: Pace

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:48:56 +0000

Thanks for the comments.
Fr Richard, I consider the workshop as a tool. We can design a shop but really it continues to evolve to coordinate with our work. Stay with it.
Rob

By: Fr. Richard Semple

Fr. Richard Semple — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 07:20:37 +0000

I deeply appreciate the balance of the various factors that go into work. I haven’t balanced my workshop. I let the desire to produce cut short the need to properly set up my shop. My work(it’s a hobby) has suffered and my enjoyment has suffered as well. Many times I’ve told myself that after this project I’ll fix it. This one project has taken a year, and I have three-five weeks more at this pace. The main thrust of my life has made progress slow, and has slowed the set up of the shop.

By: Tico Vogt

Tico Vogt — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 16:19:20 +0000

“Sadly, many, maybe most of us, are pushed in our pay-the-bills jobs with little regard for the truths of human work, driven by the fantasies of those who do not actually do the work but instead tell others how to work.” You said a mouthful. Right on.

By: Pascal Teste

Pascal Teste — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:48:39 +0000

Well said. So true that to do good work I personally must follow a pace that is comfortable to me. If I deviate (usually by trying to go faster to satisfy the “pay-the-bills” factor), almost every time I make a mistake… As you said staying truthful to ourselves is the key. I like that you talk about the importance of a healthy body and mind, two aspects that, unfortunately, are not often mentioned in the woodworking world.