Right here’s one thing you’ve most likely guessed about me if you happen to’ve been studying my weblog for any period of time. I’m a management freak. 😀 I’m not a staff participant. It’s not straightforward for me to belief folks to do issues for me. I’ve been this manner all my life. My mother tells me that one of many first full sentences I ever realized to say as a really small youngster was, “Me do it me-self!” So I’ve at all times been fiercely unbiased.
As I’ve labored on this home over the past almost-ten years, there have been issues that I’ve clearly needed to rent out as a result of there was no approach I might do them myself. I employed out the structural work after we transformed the storage into my studio. I imply, there’s no approach that I might have turned this…
…into this all on my own.
However I’m positive that these guys would inform you that I used to be at all times round, at all times hovering, at all times ensuring that issues had been going based on plan. And issues actually didn’t go off with no hitch. There have been some fairly important frustrations with that contractor — miscommunications that would have simply been prevented and by no means ought to have occurred — that simply added to my dedication to by no means rent out work until I completely need to as a result of I can’t belief folks to do issues appropriately. (I shared more details about that here.)
After which there was the carport. No approach might I’ve ever constructed that myself. It required pouring concrete, including big and really heavy structural beams, and so forth. That was a job finest dealt with by a number of males. (I actually need to get present footage of the carport!)
And I employed out the entire foundational work (subfloor, drywall, electrical, rough-in plumbing, framing) within the visitor bed room, house gymnasium, hallway, and grasp rest room.
I additionally employed out the set up of the brand new HardiPlank siding, portray the outside of the home, pouring the brand new entrance sidewalk, and I’m positive there are a number of smaller issues I’m forgetting.
So if it’s one thing that I do know I’m simply not bodily able to doing, or one thing that requires a number of folks, or one thing that I’ve vowed by no means to do once more in my life (like putting in, taping, and mudding drywall), I’ll rent it out. I’ll accomplish that begrudgingly, after which I’ll hover and ask tons of questions because the work is being accomplished, however I’ll rent it out.
However I’ve at all times had such a tough time permitting myself to rent out work that I do know I can do myself. And it’s probably not a matter of not desirous to spend the cash. It’s only a matter of me being fiercely unbiased and never trusting different folks to do the work as much as my requirements. I’ve by no means let anybody do any of the ending work on the inside of our home, as a result of I don’t belief anybody to try this.
The issue is that my fierce independence and management freak tendencies aren’t simply directed in direction of my DIY initiatives and work on the home. However I additionally discover it very tough to relinquish management of issues that different folks can most likely do significantly better than I can, like cleansing my home. And as y’all know, that bought me into fairly a bind final week.
Whereas I used to be sick in mattress all week, watching helplessly as my home turned increasingly of a whole catastrophe space with every passing day, it by no means even as soon as occurred to me to rent somebody to assist me. That thought by no means even crossed my thoughts. That’s simply not how my mind is wired.
There was truly a time again in 2016 and 2017 after I did rent somebody to wash our home, however that sort of fizzled, and I by no means thought to rent anybody else. For at the very least six months now, Matt has been urging me to rent somebody to return at the very least as soon as each two weeks, if not each week, to wash the home in order that I can concentrate on different issues, however I’ve simply been dragging my toes on that. It’s simply so exhausting for me to relinquish management over issues that I do know I can do myself. Whyyyyyyy am I like that?!?!
Proper now, there are three issues that we rent out frequently. The primary is the garden mowing, and I’ve by no means thought twice about handing that over to another person. We have now an acre of land, and I’ve completely no want to mow it myself. We additionally rent out our pest management and HVAC upkeep, each of which occur on a quarterly foundation. These are the one issues we rent out proper now.
I go searching my home, and I see so many little initiatives that I might and may rent out. The fake stone on the porch skirt. Why am I made up my mind to try this myself? A handyman might get that accomplished in a day. Re-installing the shutter that fell throughout excessive winds throughout a thunderstorm. It’s been sitting there for a couple of 12 months whereas I inform myself that I’ll get to it as quickly as I can. Why am I so decided to try this myself? I might offer you an entire lengthy record of initiatives like that that I might simply rent out, and but, I’ve such a tough time handing these over. Whyyyy???
Anyway, all of that to say…
Hello. My identify is Kristi, and I’m a management freak.
However I actually do wish to get higher and be taught to belief different folks to do issues for me. I’m going to drive myself by making some cellphone calls right this moment.
What house-related issues do you might have outdoors assist with? Do you might have a handyman on velocity dial? Do you rent out your garden upkeep? Do you might have somebody clear your house? I’m simply curious. Some other management freaks like myself on the market?
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and embellish the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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