Garage goals come in two types: clean and messy.
Take a mechanics garage for example.
One is organized and tidy in a messy business; the other shows old parts stacked in corners and debris all around.
Who do you want working on your car?
I talked to the tidy guy, asking what he does when he comes across a problem he’s never seen.
He said he looks forward to those times.
Other mechanics bring problems for him to solve.
That’s when he shines.
The guy in the dirty garage is always busy, so busy that he parks cars in a queue waiting for service.
One of them is an auto diagnostician breaking down problems to the key roots for a better result; the other is a remove and replace guy with ideas on what to do with the replaced parts, like stack them in a corner.
Isn’t this the way of life?
Who doesn’t save things in case you need them later?
Me: A little piece of wire? You need a little piece of wire? I’ll be right back. (exits to garage and returns) Here you go.
A Professional Garage
Working mechanics in the commercial world come in all shapes and sizes.
As long as they have trust they have work in the future.
Then you find guys who take it a step further.
From polished concrete floors, immaculate storage, and classic cars, they work in an operating room.
What do you do if you can’t find a house with a dream garage?
You fine a house with enough room to build one, and once built it only gets better.
How many times to you meet people with a plan so big you walk away with a big dream too?
I dream of a garage plan, a garage cleaning plan, to restore my confidence in getting organized.
And my self esteem in some measure.
So I asked, “How do you keep things in such good order?”
Just asking the question is a confession of a problem: I’m a mess.
My storage is a mess, a messy garage, messy closet, messy dresser top, messy drawers.
Me: What’s the first step for achieving a better organized mess?
I got the only answer that qualifies as truth, and if I follow it, I’ll have an answer, the same answer.