May 5 • General discussion 💬
Problems vs. Facts
We were homeless for seven months in 1996.
Not because of anything we did.
A contractor laid new sewer lines ... backwards ... in our neighborhood. Our home — and a few others — flooded with raw sewage from our septic systems. The drywall and insulation sucked it all up to the ceilings. Full remodel including tearing everything out to the frame. Unlivable.
I was in school full-time. Working part-time initially and then full-time while my husband was fighting the contractor and an attorney simultaneously.
I tell you this not for sympathy. I tell you because that year confirmed what I had learned many years before - the difference between a problem and a fact.
A problem has a solution you can work toward.
A fact is what's true right now, whether you like it or not.
That year I had a lot of facts. Cold, inconvenient, expensive facts.
What I found was that the moment I stopped arguing with the facts and started working with them, I got my footing back.
Still use that distinction today. Almost every week.
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Problems vs. Facts
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