Maintenance or Progress?
I think about the difference between maintenance and making the property “better.” Occasionally we add something new or impro
ve the property in some way. This year I added some lovely flower boxes in all the windows. One year we installed a larger hot water heater so we stopped running out of hot water. Sometimes we don’t do anything to make the property better–like the year we went on sabbatical and didn’t do all the little projects we usually are do to make our home feel good.
But aren’t most of the tasks maintenance, really? If we spend a year without doing any big projects even if I continue fixing or improving routine things, then the paint will be a year older, things will be a little more worn. No big projects means the house looks older and older, it just doesn’t stay the same.
