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Marblehead, MA, USA
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I kept coming up with excuses. Procrastination is a wonderful way to get lots of other things done. But at some point, you've gotten all those other things done, and the only thing remaining to do is the thing that you're anxious about doing. Well, there was no escape now -- the gearbox was attached and the chain was on -- it was time for the engine to go back into the car!
I think my main hangup was knowing that with the engine out it was easy to mess around with lots of things. Heck, if I could have set up a test run of the engine before installing it, I would have loved it. But that wasn't possible -- the only way to figure out if I got it right was to put it in and try it. The anxiety of potentially having to pull it back out of the car, and all the potential disappointment that would come along with that potentiality, needed to go on the backburner.
A buddy of mine was in the same predicament with his sailboat. We were talking about it at dinner -- lamenting about engines and cars and boats and projects in general. "Are you ready yet?" "No, you?" "Nope." "Well, at some point you just have to put it all back together, and fix things going forward. Otherwise it'll never happen".
He was right. Enough worrying. It was time to get excited and install that engine!
<br/>Marblehead MG - Episode 35: Engine Instalation!!!
I think my main hangup was knowing that with the engine out it was easy to mess around with lots of things. Heck, if I could have set up a test run of the engine before installing it, I would have loved it. But that wasn't possible -- the only way to figure out if I got it right was to put it in and try it. The anxiety of potentially having to pull it back out of the car, and all the potential disappointment that would come along with that potentiality, needed to go on the backburner.
A buddy of mine was in the same predicament with his sailboat. We were talking about it at dinner -- lamenting about engines and cars and boats and projects in general. "Are you ready yet?" "No, you?" "Nope." "Well, at some point you just have to put it all back together, and fix things going forward. Otherwise it'll never happen".
He was right. Enough worrying. It was time to get excited and install that engine!
<br/>Marblehead MG - Episode 35: Engine Instalation!!!
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