Today I just finished building a large dresser for my wife whose older dresser was going on its last days. So off the store I went and bought one for her and then began the laborious work of building that dresser.

At first I was a bit overwhelmed being that there were so many screws, bolts and nuts to make anyone run for their lives!

The first thing I did was to grab the instruction manual and started off on page one and went from there. At first there was nothing but parts and screws but as time went on it began to take form.

Once I noticed that it was coming to form the feeling of dread changed to more of a sense of accomplishment.

It brought me back to the days when I helped my Dad (at times forcefully) he taught me how to use tools like a Hammer, Drill, Screwdriver, Sander and many others. Back then I hated helping him when I was younger as I thought the work was boring but little did I know back then that it is not.

Building that Dresser was not hard for me and i assume for others as well still the sense of accomplishment made me proud of what I was able to build.

These days many people do not even know how to use a Hammer or Screwdriver. I know many people who would rather wait for hours until a Tow Truck shows up to change their flat tire. Something they could themselves but never learned or just are too lazy to do it.

Still every time I look at it I get happy as its a piece of furniture with a story and not some plain old furniture.

Accomplishment for me is like a drug and it makes me want to do more because its like a high. Too many of us give up too quickly rather than jumping in getting your hands dirty and accomplishing a goal. They would much rather have some one else do it for them.

A consumer is a person who consumes continually buying the latest gadget and if it breaks down instead of fixing it they just throw it away and buy another. These Corporations know this which is why the majority if not all of the products we use is built so that is could break down in a certain amount of time.

A creator is a person who creates things, build things and the like. Another person would look at the Dresser and not give it a thought on who build it. But when I look at it I can tell what screw went where and why so that plain piece of furniture has story.

In my parents house everything that was done by my Father, me and my brothers. Every nail, every pipe and Electrical lines all built by us. So when the time came for my Parents to sell the house I felt an attachment to it. The memories of growing up there as well as fixing it with my Dad made me extremely sad that they had to sell it.

Now the house belongs to someone else and they have changed the look of it as well as I tend to drive by every now and then.

When you accomplish something your day will seem as if it were not wasted. I built something and accomplished rather than spending the day wasting time watching the TV.

If you are bored why not find something you can do. Build a dresser, fix that leaky pipe in the bathroom or better yet clean that cluttered garage so you can park your car back in there again. Don’t be a Consumer and put off that work for another day or worse yet pay someone to do it. Why waste your money on someone to do it when you can do it yourself!

Building, accomplishing is a part of what being a man is all about!

Start accomplishing and it will make you feel better!

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