Filed under a need to remember, that whenever I start feeling a bit sorry for myself when a project hasn't gone to plan, to watch an episode of Restoration Home.

After a few episodes, the rhythms of it become predictable, in terms of how and when the headaches will come in. Budget, time, hard to find expertise, all these things are a constant headache. Even with all the will in the world, and where the people involved all know what's coming, inevitably they run into shortages of time and money and effort.

It's a master class in project management. And always always always a lesson that things just won't ever go to plan, no matter how much effort you put into planning.

So be it, though, because it's also always a lesson in perseverance, and the payoffs that come into to it if one's of a mind for success on your own terms.