Genie - Day 7: Job Well Done

Er... Job: Well? Done.

It is satisfying to accomplish something, although not all jobs are measurable and not everyone will measure even the same job the same way. Our house painting project is a good example.

Did we paint on every side of the house and all the trim? Yes, we did. Did we paint every square inch? Um. No. However, we still consider the job “done” because we met our goal of scraping, priming, and painting all weathered areas, particularly on the second story. Considering how badly those areas were before our endeavor, and how much better protected and glowing they look now, we even consider the job “well done” (or done well). Now, if we had been painting the house a different color or if we had left an area of flaking paint, we could not claim such success.

Of course, there is another thought to consider if we are to be honest. In the back of our minds I think we had also dreamt of putting a coat of paint even on those protected areas that looked okay to freshen them up and feel like we had completely finished the job. However, after the store discontinued the paint we were using and all the hours we pushed ourselves to work each day to make use of the time we had the Genies, we just plain ran out of steam. Our body aches and diminishing energy drive simply overwhelmed our desire for perfection. So, the job is, well, done. It may just be a twist in semantics, but either way, we consider our house painting escapade an accomplishment.