Fall 2024 Home Repair Update and If I Should Hire Someone to Work on My House

It’s the fall, which is ironic because Arizona is going through a heatwave. A heatwave so hot it feels more like summer than fall.

Even though it isn’t unheard of to go through such hot temperatures in the fall, this year’s heatwave hold a more significant meaning for me. I decided to use the fall equinox as the unofficial “start date” for me to begin working on home repairs again.

I have mention several times on this blog that I am in the process of working on home repairs. I am doing so of them alone, including patching and painting the walls. Doing the working I am taking on myself can be done during the summertime, but I decided to work on them in the fall. That way if there are any fumes from the paint I use bother me, I can open the windows and doors without worrying about the summer heat.

Right now, I’m not working on anything. The temperatures are too hot and I haven’t been feeling well. So, I haven’t been working on anything. Still, it makes me think about the fact I could just hire someone to work on it for me.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to buy a house and fix it up. My plan was to live in it or rent it. As I grew older, I began to see the magnitude of taking on a fixer upper house. It looks like fun and like a great adventure, but it’s not. Especially if you have health problems like I did. Today, I question why I am taking on this work myself and why I can be like other people I run into and hire someone to work on the house for me.

To be honest, I just want to work on the house as financially efficiently as possible. Painting isn’t as hard as it may seem. Patching the walls is more difficult than painting. Painting just takes time and patience. Also, in an unforeseen twist, I actually like painting my walls. I love the way the walls change after coats of paint. The walls are pretty warn down and drywall is exposed. I love seeing how the walls change from warn down and sad looking walls into painted walls. My romantic side of my imagination thinking of it as transformation from an unloved house to a loved house.

The only problem is I’m pretty slow about actually painting the walls. This, as well as the fact the walls are so warn down that it takes more than two coats of paint, makes it a daunting task. And that is why I question why I don’t hire someone to do it for me.

To be honest, I feel pretty stubborn about this. I really do want to paint the walls myself. I feel like I am waisting my money on hiring someone if I can paint it myself. Yet, I know there are other things in the house I cannot fix myself. My logic is to work on as many things as possible in my house myself and save my money for when I need to hire someone. Or more paint. Whichever comes first.

That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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