James Holder is a writer, blogger, and the founder of The Mindful Life. He is the author of the book Yours to Keep: A Life of Self-Awareness. He lives near Boston with his wife and three children. His website is www.mindfullife.com.
One of the biggest issues that I’ve had with new home painters is painting on a surface that was once covered in paint. I have very sensitive skin and have found that I have to paint everything, from my face to my furniture, first. I will normally paint my cabinets first because of their shape and because I have a tendency to scratch. Then I go outside and scrub the paint off my surfaces.
That’s the most common way I have found new home painters to paint their new home. And it’s not because they’re doing it wrong. They’re doing it because it’s easy and they don’t want to think about what they’re doing. It’s a bit like when you’re a kid and you start to notice that your dad doesn’t wash his hands every time he gets a chance. He’s actually doing it wrong, but you don’t need to remind him to do it.
But I am the parent.
I don’t think anyone wants to admit that the majority of our painters do it wrong. I think they do it because they are scared. They dont want to think about what theyre doing or they dont want to get on anyone’s bad side.
I agree. It is a fear, especially when you are painting. I think we all fear painting more than anything, and especially when we have no idea what to paint. If everyone painted like me, we would all take a lot of pride in our work. But painting is a personal endeavor, and we want to be proud of our efforts. We don’t want others to think that we are afraid to paint in case we are making a mistake.
I think we all feel a little afraid of painting, and even more so when we are painting something we don’t know anything about. It is a personal challenge, and we want to do it right. I think this is why we do it as well. We want to feel proud of our work. We want to be able to share our work and not have others judge it as being inferior.
Just another tip from a personal blog: if you paint something that you do not know anything about, you should be extremely aware of any mistakes you make. Paint the right color, or the wrong color at the wrong time, and you could seriously hurt yourself.
This goes in all sorts of directions, but I think that it comes down to the fact that we can’t fully understand that which we cannot. As I said above, we are in a time loop, and this game doesn’t fully understand that, which is why we want to be able to share our work and not have others judge it as being inferior.