Let me give you a great example; I was walking around humming the blues when I dropped my Motorola Atrix (I’m old and cheap) on the cold, hard marble floor. I frantically picked it up to find a one-inch crack going through the middle of the screen. I felt the crack in my heart too, and in my purse. On my way home I stopped by a few phone stores and was told it would cost me £50 to replace the screen.
So I sulked a little more. I went home and YouTubed DIY channels to find out how to replace the screen by myself to some precious bucks. It looked easy; I just had to pop a piece of metal into the speaker slot and gently nudge and prise the screen out. So I got out a screwdriver (which took me forever to find), popped that bugger in and tilted it ever so gently. It was like an elongating spider web; the cracks lengthened and expanded through the whole screen and went deeper than before. My phone was now unusable.
The lesson
- Determine the severity of your mistake/s
I had to step back, understand that the only thing I was truly saddened about was the money it would take to fix it because the damage was more extensive with the whole screwdriver fiasco. The fact was that I was only losing out on money which is replaceable with…well, other money.
- Recognise your role in this.
I should not have picked up that screwdriver.
- Learn from it.
I was dumb enough to think that by watching a 2 minute YouTube clip by a professional, that I could replicate it with a massive screwdriver.
- Let it go.
I bought a new phone and never touched another screwdriver ever again.
LET IT GO AND MOVE ON.
THAT’S THE HARDEST PART BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
awesome post.
TRUTH lol
yeah lol
“I should not have picked up that screwdriver.”
Same. Same. I tried that with a laptop screen. Ended up 50 dollars out and still in need of a new laptop.
Laptops are even worse! I see you are even procrastinating on buying a new laptop. I like it.
This is great advice, and I’ll keep it in mind for my frequent failures 😉
Cheers! Yeah, let me know how that goes. If you decide to DIY fix anything, I will be preaching to ya ^^