Someone recently told me that I cannot change the world.
I immediately called bullsh!t. In fact, I got a little animated in my defiance of this statement.
I may not ever be able to change the world in the ways of people like Charles Darwin, Nelson Mandela, Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Kardashian, President Obama or even Donald Trump.
But, I stand here today and pronounce that if I do nothing else in my life, I will change the world for the better. At least I will change the my sphere of influence in the world.
However small or great that may be, I will leave a positive impact.
I don’t have lofty goals in life. Professionally, I will leave little legacy because I no longer have the ambition to even try to alter the course of my chosen profession. But, personally, I will do great things. It may be as simple as volunteering at a meal service for local homeless people, or it maybe just helping push a neighbours car out of the snow. Or maybe, all I will successfully do in my life is make sure my future child(ren) has a warm house, healthy food and access to safe health care and constant love. And so, if nothing else, I know I will always be a good person who does my best to be supportive and respectful of others.
I know I wont always get it right, but I will always try to. In fact, in my opinion, I have a moral obligation to myself and the rest of humanity to try my best.
And so, while I am not going to move mountains, am unlikely to start a political movement or create the next social movement, I am going to be dedicated in my efforts to inspire positivity and encourage kindness. I wont always be successful, I will stumble from time to time, but I believe my dedication to the effort is what really matters.
And while I may not change the entire world, I will be a good person. And in my books, that’s all that matters.
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4:38 am is a time that should be banished from the world.
In fact, 3:56 am should also be banished from the world.
Remember that bathroom reno that has taken over our lives? Well, it’s also now compromising my sleep.
You see, Mr. MPB happened to stumble upon professional tilers (is that a word?) who had one day available to tile our entire bathroom for an amazing price. The catch, the day is tomorrow. And so we had less then one day to basically finish all the behind the scenes stuff in the bathroom.
And so, the two of us, we literally stayed up doing paint touch-ups and waterproofing the bathroom until 3:56 am. Clean up took us until after 4:00 am. And the last time I looked at the clock before finally falling asleep was 4:38 am.
These are times on the clock that I have no reason to see – I don’t have a kid to be awake with in the middle of the night, I am no longer in university partying all night, and I am not about to catch a flight to a warm destination. So, as I said, 3:56 am and 4:38 am should be banished from the world. Or at least banished from my world.
Thankfully I work from home so I was able to sleep in a little bit. But, I have a deadline. In fact, I have two deadlines tomorrow that cannot be missed. So, I pulled my sorry butt from bed at 8:30am and I am now sitting here at my desk with giant bags under my eyes, wishing I drank coffee.
After spending nearly an entire night bending over, kneeling down, climbing a ladder, applying unmodified thin-set mortar and the Schluter waterproofing system to most of a bathroom, my entire body hurts. Parts of my body I never knew could hurt, are aching right now. Thanks to the mortar, which sucked all the possible moisture out of my hands, even the skin on my hands hurt from being so dry. In fact they also seem to have Permian white spots on them too.
But, I have to admit, at about 1:30 am, when Mr. MPB suggested cancelling the tile contractors, I gave him the look. We have disagreed for months over the tiling of this bathroom – he thought we could do a good enough job, I didn’t trust us to do it well enough as we aren’t experienced tilers and so I wanted a professional finish. And so my look simply said, over my dead body are we going to miss having a professional finish this bathroom. Get to work!!
And so we worked. And we worked hard. And we also worked surprisingly really well together while stuck in a 40 square foot room for hours. We didn’t argue. We found things we were each good at and split tasks accordingly. We seemed to hit a groove and just worked.
But, I have to say, if I never have to waterproof a bathroom again, my life will be complete. This has been forever scratched off my list of possible future career paths.
And once the tiles are in, all that is left is relatively easy:
- Counter top purchase and install;
- Toilet install;
- Fixture install (i.e. faucets, towel racks);
- Light bulb purchase and install (thanks to that photo, I just noticed one light bulb is dead);
- Shower glass door purchase and install (which probably wont happen for a few months as they surprisingly expensive).
And so today, I am thankful the end of the bathroom reno is in sight. And, as I struggle to keep my eyes open, I am also thankful it’s almost the weekend!
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