Tackling Heights: Painting the Garage Side (and My Fear of Heights)
Today, I faced a challenge that I knew was coming but had been procrastinating for as long as I could justify: painting the side of our garage. Sounds simple, right? Just a bit of paint, a brush, maybe a ladder. But for me, it came with an added layer of terror—I hate heights.
To set the stage, our garage sits slightly elevated, which means even getting to the side I needed to paint required positioning a ladder just right, battling uneven ground, and pretending I wasn’t picturing every worst-case scenario.
But let me back up. The side of the garage had been looking rough for a while. The paint was peeling, and a few cracks were starting to show. It was one of those “out of sight, out of mind” projects—until you notice it every time you pull into the driveway.