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Does anyone else get paralyzed on fixing small things because they're terrified of it becoming a larger thing? And how do you overcome it? (startrek.website)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by IcedRaktajino@startrek.website to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

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I guess "hire someone" is always an option, but it's a difficult task sometimes, especially finding someone reliable. It's not even that the larger thing is outside my ability, it's just "ugh, I don't have time for this".

Curious if anyone has any tips and tricks to overcome this kind of paralysis.

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[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the "hire someone" vein, setting an artificial deadline can sometimes help. "If I don't build the X by Y myself, then we just go buy it."

As with anything, momentum builds too. If it's not something that has a lot of constraints, just looking for one little step is easier to accept than Starting The Project. Like, I'm not necessarily going to frame the new opening today, just cut a hole in the wall in the back of the closet. May depend on housemates' tolerance. But often just getting into the workshop is enough to overcome activation energy for me.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Setting a DIY deadline is a really good suggestion, at least as far as "might actually work for me" goes. Thanks!