Lots of little jobs, or large time consuming projects ?

[fastfredracing]

How do you like your life organized? I try to keep a decent mix at the shop, I like to have one or two small easy jobs each day, but one or two days a week, I like to dig in , ignore the phone, do one large job, one customer, and just go at it .
At home, I am all over the map, I always have something going on . Big jobs, I just have to nibble at when I can.
I think if I could , I would just stay on larger long term projects . It is nice to only have to manage one job, and stay focused on it 100% . Most of my days/weeks, are just chaos and disorder, trying to herd all the butterflies .

A picture just because. Started yesterday at noon, hoping to be done by days end today. Basically a two day job, timing chains on a gm 3.6 ugh
Happy Friday Fellows !

[wildthing]

Mix is good. Completion releases endorphins. I don't want to be stuck doing just a single two-year project...

[ckelly78z]

Most of my jobs are huge projects that I need help with. There doesn't seem to be any time for going golfing, going racing, or car shows/Porsche driving events. Living on a farm, working full time +, 2 kids with school activities, and having health issues keep me from doing some things I want to do.

-currently replacing the shingle roof on my daughter's 16'x80' cathedral ceiling trailer and mounting a new metal roof.

-have to cut/split/stack 5 cords of firewood for next years supply.

-have to finish the retention fence and gate out in the horse pasture so we can keep the horses off of it for the Winter so we can drag and re-seed the pasture to come up strong next Spring.

-Wife wants a new pantry built before Christmas.

-Daughter's place has a sidewalk (decorative stone insert) about half finished to her back door.

-Wife want's horse wash stall finished in new barn (concrete, and plumbing work).

-Freinds who always seem to help us have about 100 tons of gravel that needs spread out from the old foundation we took out earlier this year (they bought and knocked down their run down neighbor's property, and bulldozed the house).

-I have about 40 mature Ash trees in my creek bottom that have succombed to the feared emerald ash borer, and need to be taken down, (i'll need to borrow the neighbor's trackhoe, or backhoe for this job).

-My daughter and I bought her a beautiful 96 F150 with a blown head gasket. It's mostly complete and re-done now, but still needs new front springs, and heater core.

-My son's Honda XR200 has a kick starter that has been slipping when kicked, and is currently in pieces in our shop.

[GH85Carrera]

I tend to take a long time on little jobs. I would starve in no time if I went pro if I charged by the job. Big jobs take me weeks to do.

I am always getting side tracked but I only work on my cars. I get in there and almost always find some other issue that "while I am in there" I should fix or upgrade some unrelated task.

I own two high mileage mid 1980s cars. I have owned my 348,000 mile 86 El Camino for 25 years, and the 166,000 85 mile 911 for 21 years. I can't blame the previous owner for much anymore. I love to tinker on them and I can always find something to do in my garage.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Too many of both! I like to finish a project before moving into the next one but sometimes I am "re-prioritized" by the wife. Lots of small car projects needed, and the kitchen is our last big house project. Ugh.

[Arizona_928]

I think one needs a little of both to keep sane.

[masraum]

I like short to medium term projects. I'm not a fan of big long term stuff, but if a long term can be broken up into several smaller projects, that will do. A day or two or three for short term or a couple of weekends for a medium term. Stuff that drags on for months is not my thing.

[wdfifteen]

I have so much coming at me that I mostly just put out fires. Finished a story for a deadline this morning, meeting a roofer at a rental house this afternoon, babysitting a post-surgery wife after that - I have no control over my life.

[KNS]

I feel inadequate if I haven't done a big job in a while. Last one was replace coils/shocks and struts all around on my BMW. Everything else has been brakes or oil changes.

[wdfifteen]

My last big job was writing a book. I don't want any more big jobs in my life - ever. I'm content to finish rebuilding my Carrera engine and making the rest of my fleet driveable.

[id10t]

I like a mix of both.... work on the big stuff, as you get bored/frustrated/need to wait/whatever crank out some of the small stuff.

[VincentVega]

x2

moderation. I get stuck in the weeds a lot with little stuff and dont get much time with the 'real' projects.

[wswartzwel]

Ha! a lot of guys would rather swap the engine with a Jasper rebuild than replace those gm 3.6 chains..

In my shop (motorcycle, and power sports repair) I do like an occasional project... But I find lots of small projects can be more profitable, and less taxing on my aging brain..

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

How do you like your life organized? I try to keep a decent mix at the shop, I like to have one or two small easy jobs each day, but one or two days a week, I like to dig in , ignore the phone, do one large job, one customer, and just go at it .
At home, I am all over the map, I always have something going on . Big jobs, I just have to nibble at when I can.
I think if I could , I would just stay on larger long term projects . It is nice to only have to manage one job, and stay focused on it 100% . Most of my days/weeks, are just chaos and disorder, trying to herd all the butterflies .

A picture just because. Started yesterday at noon, hoping to be done by days end today. Basically a two day job, timing chains on a gm 3.6 ugh
Happy Friday Fellows !

[yetibone]

My work seems to go in three tiers: Simple jobs that take an hour or two happen almost every day. One or two jobs come thru almost every week that are 8 hours or more. I try to have one "project" every 6 months, to a year, that the customer doesn't mind if I take my time, and i can fill in holes in my schedule with.

That GM 3.6 chain job is a fun one in an Acadia/Traverse/Outlook. I had to buy the tools to index the cams on the first one I did.

[jyl]

Who has time for projects? I barely have time to eat and sleep :-(

[KFC911]

Projects....probably got at least 20+...I am so freakin' flawed in this regard...I can't finish them, and sometimes I neglect to do so "just because" . I don't understand it...nor do I really care . I can be an anal retentive perfectionest for 90% of one, then lose interest, or simply move on to another on my list...

I need help...not really, it's just who I am, and help won't help

[Bill Douglas]

Lots of short jobs to do. GF asks "What are you doing today?" I say "Don't worry, something will come along soon." Work is mainly property maintenance/improvement.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Lots of short jobs to do. GF asks "What are you doing today?" I say "Don't worry, something will come along soon." Work is mainly property maintenance/improvement.

With four houses and lots of rural acreage, it never stops for me....I've been battling muskrats causing one of my ponds to leak this week, and mother nature just has a way about her .

[Bill Douglas]

I can imagine KC. People around here say "It's so peaceful in the country." I say "obviously you have never lived in the country." Too much rain - grass grubs, sinister other diseases, not enough rain - animal starving or dying of thirst. Nuts neighbours. Rodent problems. Tax problems. Markets for produce changing. Poor crops....