Tools for the Job

My husband got a new tractor. It’s a really nice John Deere 44 horsepower tractor with a cab. My husband has another John Deere tractor—a 25 horsepower tractor without a cab. When he has to do snow removal on the smaller tractor, he is cold and miserable, and it takes a long time. If it's snowing and the wind is blowing, he doesn't like doing the job. 

This new tractor has a nice big cab. Now he will stay dry, and with the heater, will also stay warm. We live on a mountain pass, and at times the snow is extreme. With the new, more powerful tractor, the job should be much quicker, and more enjoyable.

My husband now has the right tool to do the job. The smaller tractor will come in handy for tilling the garden and other small jobs around our acreage. But the bigger tractor will operate the backhoe more efficiently, and it will move snow much better.

As writers, we need to have the right tools for the job. It doesn't matter what tools you use, as long as they are the right ones. Some writers like pen and paper. Other writers can't live without their computer. But even those may not be the right tools for the job. If you write with a pencil and it isn't sharp, it makes the writing a little harder. If your pen runs out of ink or if you run out of paper, you no longer have the right tools for the job. If there is a power outage and you don't have a battery backup, or if your computer dies, you don't have the right tools to do the job.

To be the most efficient, to make the most out of your time, and to enjoy the process a little more, make sure you have the right tools for the job. My husband is looking forward to the next snowstorm, and as writers we should always be looking forward to the next words we put down.