Post #2226768
2025-05-23 15:40 UTC
I sometimes do simple little woodworking projects that teach me every time to just slow down. Do one thing at a time.
Have a bunch of 2x8s to move? Try and rush it with two and you'll hit a wall or knock something over or drop one on your toe. Just one at a time.
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
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@eschares@scholar.social 2025-05-23 15:41
I think often when doing lots of data analysis or programming in particular, it's typical to try and speed things up. Do lots of stuff in parallel, go faster, be more efficient. But doing something with my hands, esp something I'm not even particularly good at, goes against a lot of those habits. I was once searching for landscaping rocks in my grass so I could pick them up and mow the yard. After scanning for a few seconds I thought, I should just do a CTRL-F. That was a wakeup call.