I have developed an interest in horology recently. It started with watches. I purchased some cheap vintage Russian mechanical watches, some modest tools, and began tinkering. With the wealth of information available online, and a bit of patience and persistence, I managed to completely disassemble a few watches and assemble them back to working order. I even managed to repair one watch. Let's not get into how it broke down. Apparently having the correct tools for the job is important. It's a lesson you keep learning when money is not a luxury.
From watches my interest expanded to clocks and more recently to clocks made completely out of wood. Hence the blog title. See what I did there. ;-)
A couple of weeks ago my partner (fiancé as of two days ago :-) ) and I were holidaying up at the beautiful Great Barrier Reef coast and I asked her what she wants to be when she grows up. Now, we're too old for that question but it was asked with a playful 'what if' and we spent about half an hour discussing it. Wouldn't it be great to posses all of this knowledge that comes with experience and hindsight and apply it to your choice of career at the beginning rather than mid way or at the end of your working life? We both learned a little about each other and we both reflected.
She decided to work with kids via musical therapy when she grows up while I decided to make beautiful things with wood when I grow up.
Perhaps it is too late for me to learn a trade and make a living out of it. Perhaps this is a silly dream that should remain as one. I don't have the answer either way but at the risk of sounding crass and corny, f#ck it, life is too short to keep dreaming - I'm building a wooden clock.
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