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The Bad Days, Part One: When “Nothing” Gets Done

Knowing our task isn’t easy is nice (like a cliche coffee-cup saying is nice), but it leads us to our next truth and my secret hard-day theory: the bad days, no matter how distinctly crippling they are, are not wasted. Even the protracted pain of a zero-production day isn’t really a zero-production day. Sure, you didn’t cut your 16 mortise and tenons like you thought, or mill your pile of ash or walnut or whatever tropical carnival-colored species you’re rocking with, but consider what you did do. And you did do something, and this may sound like a cop-out but I assure you it is not: you showed up and you thought–a lot.

Ryan GlennAugust 8, 2022Encouragement, woodworking, Hard Work, hard times, hard days, bad days, showing upComment

Encouragement for Us, In Between

In-between is not where I like to be.

I like to be done. I like to be finished, wrapped up, and on to the next one.

Yet I have begun to learn this lesson over the years – to trust the in-between. The uncomfortable liminal spaces between beginning and ending, starting and finishing.

Ryan GlennNovember 11, 2021woodworking, Encouragement, Hard Work, Small Business Owner, Fatherhood, Designer, Skilled Labor, Artist