when we first started working the the house all of the work we did together. most because the job needed two people to manage it and others because we both wanted to be there to see whatever it was the other was attempting. that was a lot of tasks ago.
we've been noticing an interesting phenomena as of late. i'm not sure if it's because the nature of finishing work is excessively labor intensive with a need for focused precision or if we just developed a leaner working style. the new way goes something like this; we white board out what jobs need to get done on a certain day. we consult back and forth as how to do them. then, we divide and concur. periodically we call the other over for a consult or to lend the odd hand but, for the most part , we work alone.
the new way means a few things
1) there is no one standing waiting to take a turn at the task at hand
2) the [oh let's call it...] friction that we sometimes encounter working closely together at manual labor for hours on end just hasn't been [as much of] a problem lately.
3) we were able to knock back a mountain of tasks over the last few weeks much quicker
there's will always be two person tasks. right not however, it's been a real zen treat to really zone in solo to the task at hand.
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