Does anyone else get paralyzed on fixing small things because they're terrified of it becoming a larger thing? And how do you overcome it? (startrek.website)

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I guess "hire someone" is always an option, but it's a difficult task sometimes, especially finding someone reliable. It's not even that the larger thing is outside my ability, it's just "ugh, I don't have time for this".

Curious if anyone has any tips and tricks to overcome this kind of paralysis.

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[-] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

No. I'm the guy people call when they need stuff fixed.

I'm way more worried about messing with things that aren't broken. If it's already busted, I usually don't have to stress about making it worse - and even if I do, I just fix that too. It's actually pretty hard to cause irreversible damage.

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