Eclectic Narratives - Troubled Start

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A fresh start, a new start.

It should be clean, it should be easy.

The clutter and chaff of the past are discarded.

No more worried about past problems.

No more cares for those ongoing niggles.

A new horizon opens wide, free of the shackles of legacy problems.

But it isn’t always so easy.

New starts bring new problems.

New problems bring new stresses.

New stresses beget remorse for your choice to start anew.

If you hadn’t started a new, hadn’t wiped away what came before.

If you had just stayed where you were, these new problems wouldn’t haunt you.

If you had just stayed where you were, you’d be better off…right?

It’s easy to say, easy to assume.

A comfort zone, a known factor.

Those old problems would still be there, and future problems would still come.

And when you think about it, hasn’t this always been a risk?

Last time you started anew, didn’t you have new problems to face?

And what happened then?

You eventually solved them, of course.

It’s easy to say you should have stayed.

But how would you know for sure?

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Times change when choices are made. It's easy to blame any new problems on the presence of the new and different, but who is to say that you'd be any better off if things hadn't changed?

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Eclectic Narratives - Discomfort

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That feeling, the terrible feeling, that indiscernible feeling, that uncertain feeling.

Are you sick or just stressed?

Is it the sign of something real or imagined?

Do you have a problem, or do you only think there’s one?

Is that discomfort from a new or unknown issue?

Or did you create one with one too many anxious thoughts?

No matter what you do, it doesn’t seem to go away.

Is it because there’s something wrong or because you can’t convince yourself otherwise?

All one can do is wonder until the answer reveals itself.

Maybe as the days tick by, you suddenly feel so much better.

Maybe it all really was in your head.

Every symptom only grew worse when you thought it did.

Every pain, every sore, every pang of nausea, all originating from your paranoid mind.

Now, if only you could convince yourself of that.

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Ailments comes, goes, lingers and returns. You never know which you get until you ride it out.

Author's Note: Inspired by my on and off bouts with random health problems that while they are overall minor are annoyingly persistent and might be mostly stress or strained muscles from improper workouts (or both).

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Eclectic Narratives - Eventual (Last Minute) Replacement

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Sometimes replacement is a matter of diligence.

One cannot expect anything to last indefinitely.

Not a battery, a car part, a screw, or even that one person with a forever job.

The battery will eventually die or swell.

The car part will eventually break down and erode.

The screw will eventually rust or break.

The person will eventually retire or move on to a different job.

You can’t just ignore that inevitable future, you must prepare for it, deal with it, face it.

Have spare batteries on hand.

Buy a replacement battery when the current one fails.

Send your car to the shop regularly.

Keep up with those sensitive car parts that always need replacing.

While checking every screw may be impossible, never ignore any bad ones you find.

When a screw breaks, replace it.

Always have a plan in place for when that one person isn’t around.

Always be ready to start training the replacement, or, better yet, have an understudy on hand.

If you don’t, what do you think will happen?

What will happen when that battery dies right when you need that device?

What will happen when that swollen battery corrodes, or worse, explodes?

What will happen when that import part fails mid-drive?

What happens when a simple replacement turns into a full operation?

What will happen when the next screw breaks and nothing has been replaced?

What will happen when that one screw breaks and the whole thing comes down?

What will happen when that one person gets sick?

What will happen when that one person gets hit by a bus?

Prepare to replace anything.

Not because you want to.

Not because “you need to make it better.”

Not to save money.

Not to make money.

But because one day you might need to.

Better to replace under ideal circumstances than to replace during a panic.

Alas, you already know the horrible truth.

Not everyone will listen.

So, prepare for panic.

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Planning on when and how you replace things, like batteries, or screws or employees, is an important factor in maintaining continuity and preventing sudden but preventable problems. So naturally no one is going to implement such a plan until you've already had a sudden but preventable problem (or four) occur.

Until next time, Read, Comment and Enjoy.