Well I set out this afternoon to do some cleaning in the shop and this is how far I got.

Anyone else have days like this?

Edited January 3, 20179 yr by John Hechel

I get distracted from cleaning up the shop on a regular basis

I swept the floor around the drill press and jointer. I picked that up and noticed these blanks ready to turn. So next I thought I should get them out of the way.

Looks pretty good to me John...

Why finish today what you can put off until tomorrow? 

Besides you're just going to mess it up again aren't you? 

OK  John ! So ya got ahead of me. I'm trying

55 minutes ago, John Hechel said:

Anyone else have days like this?

never...

3 hours ago, John Hechel said:

I swept the floor around the drill press and jointer. I picked that up and noticed these blanks ready to turn. So next I thought I should get them out of the way.

 

Beats the heck out of cleaning.

 This pass spring I was in the rafters of my shop looking for something and spent 16 hours over two days cleaning and sorting. Had a couple of " why am I saving this" & " I forgot I had this" moments. Well its a new year and I still don't remember what I went looking for, I'm sure the lightbulb will turn on sooner or later.

Slowly overcoming my inherent status as a cluttered intellectual to have an organized workshop. Spent a good aprt of the day Monday cleaning things up,...much better now...

Don't do tomorrow what you can put off til next week...or next month. 

If you work at it, you too can be a master procrastinator. I give free lessons....starting soon.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Don't do tomorrow what you can put off til next week...or next month. 

If you work at it, you too can be a master procrastinator. I give free lessons....starting soon.

 

I am trying at 51 to kill this mindset, it is not easy....I think I have a masters degree or PHD in procrastination!

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

 

My 20 year old daughter is moving back home in June after her college graduation, she has laid down a challenge for me to get some things done...this has lit a huge fire under me.

Once I get a spot cleaned big enough to work in, I start working.

Herb

5 hours ago, Miataguy said:

 

My 20 year old daughter is moving back home in June after her college graduation, she has laid down a challenge for me to get some things done...this has lit a huge fire under me.

Maybe you could talk her into taking just one more year at college.

John

7 hours ago, Miataguy said:

back home in June after her college graduation, she has laid down a challenge for me to get some things done...this has lit a huge fire under me.

she gonna roll her sleeves up too???

" My 20 year old daughter is moving back home in June after her college graduation, she has laid down a challenge for me to get some things done...this has lit a huge fire under me. "

 

So, you're changing all the locks?  

Them are some really nice turnings.

 

From looking in the background of your picture. Your shop looks like mine!! 

I don't think your shop looks messy.

Somehow I seemed to make a bigger mess than I clean up. Now when my wife comes out, it gets cleaned and I get exhausted

21 hours ago, Stick486 said:

she gonna roll her sleeves up too???

She might be abetter woodworker than I am....