Why this blog?
I decided to title this blog "If you can't fix it, why worry?" Because it's a mantra that I've been doing my best to embody over the last couple of years. I feel like we (me in particular) spend so much time in our lives worrying about all kinds of issues that we could either spend solving said issues or doing something that we actually enjoy. I firmly believe that any problem can be solved and any goal can be met with enough motivation, so the only real failure is when we give up and feel sorry for ourselves. I had a huge lesson in this idea when my car, my bright red 1987 BMW three series that is my pride and joy, decided to punch a hole in the engine and throw up some of its vital organs. This was a car that I had idolized since before I had my license, seeing them in issues of Speedhunters Magazine and on the racetrack I would visit on Wednesday nights. I was stuck with the option of either sitting around and feeling bad about the fact that I no longer had my dream car, or I could find a way to fix it. Fixing it didn't turn out to be easy either, I was kicked out of my garage at the house I lived at and had to transport my car five hundred miles back to where my parents lived. I then continued to struggle to find the slightly upgraded engine I wanted for a reasonable price and all the pieces I needed to piece it into place. I had to move my car from one place to another because my parent's house was not fit to work on a car. In the end, after about three months of struggle and four different locations, I managed to get my car working in a family friend's driveway five days before I had to drive down to San Diego for the start of the semester. Since that moment I haven't had to do more than changing the oil in that car and it's been as dependable as I could ever ask for.
The reason that I wrote this story out is that it taught me a lesson of perseverance. Through the struggles I had with this project I learned that the only people who fail are the people who quit trying. That idea is the basis of my mantra, most problems can be fixed so you either shouldn't worry about it or you should get to work.
Here a photo of the car that treats me so well (and treated me so poorly)
If you can't fix it, why worry?
ReplyDeleteReading this blog post is an encouragement to the faint-hearted, people who quite quickly during a snap of a finger. This reminds me of back then in My country; before coming to San Diego, I used to Fancy this Peugeot 504, which was a gift from my father. Sharing the same predicaments, it had an engine knock, so it needed an overhaul. Because my pockets were not "loaded," I ended up not fixing it, so I had to sell it to my friend, who managed to fix it and got it running even better. It left a pain in my heart. So, I can relate to this blog that perseverance is imperative and commitment is needed for one to achieve in anything that they are doing.