Phenomenal article about someone who discovered the rewards of craftsmanship and fixing things, and abandoned a soul-sucking corporate existence to learn how to fix typewriters. (making an exception on linking to the NY Times on this one)
The New York Times: How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
"...Eleven years ago, Paul Lundy was dying a slow, workingman’s death under fluorescent light.
For three decades, he had worked in facilities management — an honest trade that ground him down until, in his mid-50s, he had money, an authoritative title and a soul that was being sucked dry. He managed buildings for Seattle-area biotech firms, where people in lab coats made discoveries that saved lives. He kept the infrastructure running. He was good at it, maybe great, but facilities managers are overhead, essential but invisible. Nobody notices until something breaks....."
