Thinking I've Got it All Under Control…

I read a lot. Books on how to do this, and how to do that. It is sometimes overwhelming, and I often find myself trying to follow along step by step on what I should and shouldn't do next.

How to articles and books are great for things we have control over, like fixing the furnace or water heater. These are things we can control because they are objects. The furnace or water heater is a machine we can fix machines.

The thing is people aren't objects. People are complicated. But we try t...