Does This Bring You Joy

When you have nothing but a glorified shack to use as your workshop, you have to learn how to organize the space carefully. My garage is, at best, minutes away from being condemned, but somehow remains upright and keeps the rain off my junk. But it’s small, and any hope of increasing its footprint is a distant pipe dream these days. I’ve had to learn how to be frugal with space, utilizing every inch of horizontal and vertical area for storage or working surfaces. Whenever I’m out there, I typically spend a half an hour cleaning up after myself, putting things in their right place, and trying to plan out my next project before actually doing work. So when Brian warned me, on my way across the bridge to his shop, that it was a disaster, I chuckled to myself and sent a reply: Don’t worry about it. When I got there, his mess did not disappoint: he’d emptied out a storage locker and dumped its contents in the empty bay of the garage, so there was a pile of random contractor’s tools,…

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