Where was that pry bar?

It’s hard to underestimate what a person can overlook when you’re tired…

Doesn’t everyone leave their pry bar in the tractor?

I’ve been looking for the big pry bar for a couple of weeks now.

I remembered it was someplace obvious…

Finally got desperate and went over and borrowed the neighbor’s pry bar, even though it’s not nearly as beefy as this one (and then still haven’t gotten to using either one).

We’re just at the end of the season where I can disassemble fence that has come down before it gets completely overgrown…

Two lessons here:’

Safety: Reminder of how cognitively impaired a person can be without realizing it. Might be lack of sleep, might be distraction, any number of things. Check out Matt Walker “Why We Sleep” book, his excellent (and short) podcast episodes, and his much longer podcast episodes on Peter Attia’s The Drive podcast and Andrew Huberman’s podcast. I am paying much more attention to my sleep after listening to these, especially with my night shift work schedule.

Lean: 5S (from Toyota Production System, Sort, Store, Shine, Standardize Sustain, the Sort component is that everything has a dedicated storage place), the pry bar needs the place it goes back to EVERY TIME. Reduces the cognitive load, which saves my brain cells for other, more important things. (As I’m getting older I’m protecting that capability more jealously)

Til next time…