Comments on: Do-It-Yourself (Your Advice) http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/07/05/do-it-yourself-your-advice/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:31:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rogan Creswick http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/07/05/do-it-yourself-your-advice/#comment-72235 Rogan Creswick Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:56:53 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/07/05/101599_do-it-yourself-your-advice.html#comment-72235 Would he be interested in working for Habitat for Humanity (or a similar organization)? It may (1) help quench the urge to get out and build/fix something, eventually it may provide some skills that he didn't have before, and maybe it would help give him a better idea of what he's really capable of. If none of that works, at least he'd be out of the house longer -- providing more time for the professional repair folks ;) Would he be interested in working for Habitat for Humanity (or a similar organization)? It may (1) help quench the urge to get out and build/fix something, eventually it may provide some skills that he didn’t have before, and maybe it would help give him a better idea of what he’s really capable of.

If none of that works, at least he’d be out of the house longer — providing more time for the professional repair folks ;)

]]> By: Family Savings http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/07/05/do-it-yourself-your-advice/#comment-70312 Family Savings Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:44:39 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/07/05/101599_do-it-yourself-your-advice.html#comment-70312 I would wait until my husband goes to work and then call a repair person to have it fixed before he comes home. I would wait until my husband goes to work and then call a repair person to have it fixed before he comes home.

]]> By: Jay Gatsby http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/07/05/do-it-yourself-your-advice/#comment-70164 Jay Gatsby Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:30:19 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/07/05/101599_do-it-yourself-your-advice.html#comment-70164 Many men (including me) take great pride in doing something ourselves. It's not necessarily a blow to our egos to call in a professional, but we like to try to fix it ourselves initially. The husband in this case doesn't recognize his that he has limited knowledge of certain repair jobs. Perhaps a good compromise is to buy him a complete set of repair books (there are encyclopedic volumes on home repair available, one was even on an infomercial from Time-Life Books). If he doesn't consult those books first, then the wife would be justified in insisting that he do so before letting him touch the repair. Many men (including me) take great pride in doing something ourselves. It’s not necessarily a blow to our egos to call in a professional, but we like to try to fix it ourselves initially. The husband in this case doesn’t recognize his that he has limited knowledge of certain repair jobs. Perhaps a good compromise is to buy him a complete set of repair books (there are encyclopedic volumes on home repair available, one was even on an infomercial from Time-Life Books). If he doesn’t consult those books first, then the wife would be justified in insisting that he do so before letting him touch the repair.

]]> By: ben http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/07/05/do-it-yourself-your-advice/#comment-70106 ben Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:43:27 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/07/05/101599_do-it-yourself-your-advice.html#comment-70106 This is a difficult one because he probably does the things because he enjoys tinkering whether he is any good at it or not. My advice would be to keep him busy with a lot of small projects and call in a professional before he has a chance to get around to those bigger projects that could be costly. This is a difficult one because he probably does the things because he enjoys tinkering whether he is any good at it or not. My advice would be to keep him busy with a lot of small projects and call in a professional before he has a chance to get around to those bigger projects that could be costly.

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