RE: What Are You Living For?
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Something I have learned from my work is that I don't control project. All I can do is put the pieces together, nudge, and take a few actions. Ultimately, it is others who do the work to complete the project. I rely the skills of others to make things happen on time. But there is always the possibility that circumstances will prolong a project.
For example, I had to repair some storm damage to a roof. I got the initial estimate and started the repairs. As it turned out the damage was largely due to a structural weakness that would have to be fixed first. The price quadrupled and the timeline extended. The contractors were ready to do the work. However, we were on hold for weeks while we tried to get the insurance to cover the cost and sought approvals from our Board of Directors. If I had to give a time estimate, I would have been wrong so many times.
I think the same happens in life. We rely on so many others for our plans to come to fruition. We can have a general direction, but we will often face little detours on the road to completion.
A realistic picture of how we mostly cannot control things that are largely dependent on other life parameters to work out. I can relate with your work situation. I think being used to such experience has made you learn that sometimes it's out of our hands and we cannot really make it work. It's not like there's nothing we can be right about, it's just that there are so many things we might have thought would work according to how we want it, but it just turned out that we could have been wrong so many times. It's a lesson that comes with experiential knowledge.
Thank you for the comment.