664 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 28 Jan \ parent \ on: How to Fail mostly_harmless
Once while finishing concrete on a very hot day my uncle pointed out that I was finishing the surface of the sidewalk too nicely in one small area and that I had 300 more feet to do. He said, "We may loose that battle but we have to win the war." I learned to quickly master the surface in waves of rough to smooth.
Ha, nice story! That in turn reminded me how I once told my sister that it's not about being clean, it's more about looking clean. Was more in jest but there was some truth in it.
It was more important to me to make everything look clean first and then I would care about the details.
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