Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put by Kurt Armstrong Let’s say time comes to gut and renovate your bathroom: I can help you with that—demolition, framing, reworking the plumbing, moving some electrical, installing some mould-resistant drywall, maybe some nice tile for the floor and some classic glazed ceramic three-by-six subway tile for the tub surround. Should take a month or two, depending on what all’s involved. And as for you, hey, for the sake of your wife and kids, I think you better quit the flurry of furtive late-night texts to the sexy young co-worker and cut back a bit on your recreational drinking because wine is a mocker, so goes the proverb, as if those Facebook posts of you at the bar last week weren’t proof enough. Repair and remain. Work with what you’ve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes. Big changes, if necessary. Read this entire article – Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put by Kurt Armstrong Read more on this topic: Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work – The Marginalian [Shared] Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and... Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] Building a Creativity Kanban via Will Patrick [Shared] To get... Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via Turtle’s Pace [Shared] Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via...