There is a great Texas (ok Southern) thing called, \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d.<\/p>\n
Now, the actual duration of \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d can be anywhere from a few minutes to a few years, to possibly never.<\/p>\n
Texas women have held \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d over Texas men\u2019s heads since the state formed I imagine. I can frustrate and confound the devil out of my wife while I am \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d do anything. She, on the other hand, frustrates and confounds the devil out of me with \u201cI\u2019m almost ready\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll be right there\u201d.<\/p>\n
Men have died and dried to bones waiting on this.<\/p>\n
At least \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d holds the hope of action, where the other does not \u2026 necessarily.<\/p>\n
Now, it is easy in psychological terms to pass \u201cFixin\u2019to\u201d off as simple procrastination. However, this is not true. Procrastination is simply an avoidance technique. Thus, it likens simple crayon 1st grade art to a Rembrandt. Yes, \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d, in Texas, is an art form.<\/p>\n
Therefore, it can be combined by the true masters of the art into something profound to behold. Allow me to illustrate;<\/p>\n
\u201cBabe (what my wife and I call each other), when are you going to finish putting that motorcycle back together so it isn\u2019t cluttering up the garage?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been fixin\u2019 to getting around to thinking about finding the time to get\u2019er done.\u201d<\/p>\n
(Note: That bike has been sitting in the garage torn apart since December 2017\u2026I am not proud of this, it is just a Fixin\u2019 to fact.)<\/p>\n
It is also \u201carea of life dependent.\u201d I am not like this in my business life. In fact I am the polar opposite. I tend to be the consummate planner who believes that no task or plan without a relevant completion date (ETC \u2013 Estimated Time to Complete) will ever get accomplished. I drive hard to complete task on time and make sure that dates are met.<\/p>\n
So one may believe that \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d is something that we Texas men use to get out of doing something our wives want done. Well, yes. Yes that is a fair and true point. However, I want to get that motorcycle put back together and back on the road. But this falls into another tried and true Texas habit;<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Project\u201d<\/p>\n
You see, I have always enjoyed toying around with things. Bikes, cars, guns, you name it. Thus, if it is something I use regularly I typically need at least two of said item because one will inevitably be a \u201cThe Project\u201d while I am using the other.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Project\u201d is something that gives me joy because of the journey not the destination. \u201cThe Project\u201d is always more about the process and less about the outcome. Yes, I will enjoy the outcome (that I am \u201cFixin to\u201d accomplish), but the process of having something in parts for a period of time just gives me joy.<\/p>\n
Thus, \u201cFixin\u2019 to\u201d get around to thinkin\u2019 about getting\u2019 to a part to complete part of \u201cThe Project\u201d fills me with an abject joy and allows me to consider all of the possibilities, extending the joy, that much longer.<\/p>\n
See, it\u2019s as simple and as complicated as that. Maybe it is painting Rembrandt\u2019s with Crayons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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