Why?
I've been asking myself that a lot lately.
Why?
Why is it I'm so particular about putting a cardboard box together?
If you look at the above picture, you'll see the "how not to put a cardboard box together" example. This is the bottom of the box. Of course, you have to tape the top of the box once it's filled with files, dishes, tape measures, junk drawer contents, etc. In some ways, taping up the top of a box is a little easier than the bottom. When you're putting the bottom together, it's very unstable...edges tend to not come together the way they should.
We haven't packed in almost two decades. And the last time we moved, we only had to cross the street. Now, we've got to put everything we own in boxes that will go in trucks and be moved across the state. When moving, if you like things to be "just so," there's many many things that aren't "just so" that can drive you nuts. There comes a point where you just throw your hands in the air and accept whatever is thrown at you, be it not knowing how you're going to get everything on that truck, or the corners of the underside of a box don't line up correctly.
This is a small thing--almost imperceptible. I know this and I've assembled so many imperfect boxes in the past couple of weeks, and I'll most likely do even more before this whole adventure is over. Such is life...
Sometimes the edges just don't line up.
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