“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.”

— Bo Bennett

I read somewhere that home improvement is a $300 billion business in the United States.

If we spend $300 billion on home improvement, how much time are we investing to support those dollars? I am sure it’s substantial. Maybe we can prioritize a little better.

The next time you feel like tackling a home improvement project, I’d like you to consider two things first –

1. Would the time it takes to do the project be better spent with your family? or in your community?
2. Look at the pictures of the homes below, then consider #1.

These are pictures I took this morning on Alsea Bay on the Oregon Coast, and according to the local I talked with, this is not only normal, it’s nothing compared to a real storm. Every year, the owners have to not only scoop out their homes, but make massive repairs to them because of sand damage.

Maybe your house isn’t so bad off.

After our holiday weekend at the coast, I did the laundry so my wife didn’t have to. It was my home improvement project.