My neighbor said he quit his job to fix bikes in his garage

I was helping him move a couch last Saturday and he just said it, plain as day. He told me he got tired of the office and now he just works on old bicycles for people in our town. It made me look at my own plan, the one I wrote in a notebook back in 2020. I guess I always thought 'design your life' meant a big, perfect plan, not just fixing what's broken. Has anyone else had a simple chat that made you question your whole roadmap?

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val_craig3710d ago

Yeah, the big plan is overrated. My five year plan from 2020 is just a list of restaurants that closed. Your neighbor gets it, he just swapped spreadsheets for sprockets. Maybe the real life design is just using the tools you already have in the garage.

rowanp152d ago

Totally get that, my old business plan is basically a museum of bad ideas now. burns.brooke's friend has it right, just making stuff beats perfect plans. I've got a half finished deck because I kept researching instead of just hammering.

burns.brooke10d agoTop Commenter

My friend spent years making detailed plans for a woodworking business, but the market changed. He finally got going when he stopped waiting for the perfect new tools and just used his dad's old saw and sander. It really fits what @val_craig37 said about using what's in the garage. His big folder of plans is now just a reminder that starting matters more than planning. He's much happier building things, even if they're a bit rough, instead of just writing about them.