I've successfully completed an armful of home-improvement projects -- even one involving electricity in which I did not get even the tiniest shock. I'm pretty creative and can draw fairly well. I've dabbled in sewing, knitting and other crafty ventures.
But there are a number of things that I simply will not do. Things I think are best left to experts -- people with degrees and years of life experience. And yet these are things that people seem to insist on doing themselves.
Things I will never attempt:
- Delivering my own babies. (This includes letting anyone else who lacks an M.D. designation coming anywhere near me when it's go time.)
- Major automotive repair. (I've changed a tire and checked oil, but that's it. I'm certain if I tried anything more, I'd be left with extra parts, a huge repair bill, and a lecture from Johnny Lugnut, telling me I made things worse by tinkering around.)
- Home schooling my kids. (Frankly, I am just not smart enough.)
- Taking apart a drain pipe to clear a clog. (Too gross. Let someone else handle it.)
- Make clothes for my kids. (For one, it takes me FOREVER to complete a project and I'm certain they'd outgrow it before I've even completed the last stitch. Plus, Wal-Mart is sooo close.)
There are others, but these are the biggies, with "delivering my own babies" being right at the top.
Some things are best left to the experts.
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Okay, on the way to work, I thought of another. I will never attempt to cut and/or color my own hair. Again.
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