I disagree but the point you are making is not related to this topic. Moreover, what I mean is that before spending all of the time fixing something, perhaps its best to start over. This applies to all things.
I was at work and for some reason a file I was working on became either corrupt or broken or who knows what and wouldn't work; so I spend hours trying to fix one single problem. By the end of the day I had to resort to recreating the file and getting it to the point where I last left off. As it turns out, simply restarting took 30 minutes as apposed to 4 hours of trial and error.
although i bet through all the frustration of trying to fix the original repair, you learned something possibly new. and with that, its not always best to just give up on a problem, wipe the slate clean and start over. dont make time the main factor to your reasoning. there is plenty of time in this life.
I never said give up nor said that I did myself. I spent an entire day on the problem and stayed later when I didn't have to. Time is essential in my profession, but regardless I never once wrote about permitting giving up. Yes, sometimes starting over on something is the smarter thing to do and overall is what teaches you more ( for example, having to recreate my file made me memorize the steps it took to create it in the first place)
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I was at work and for some reason a file I was working on became either corrupt or broken or who knows what and wouldn't work; so I spend hours trying to fix one single problem. By the end of the day I had to resort to recreating the file and getting it to the point where I last left off. As it turns out, simply restarting took 30 minutes as apposed to 4 hours of trial and error.
Lesson learned, and shared.
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