Stevens' laws

Years ago my father instructed me in some of the laws the he recognized as valuable for a young man starting off in life.  I remember some, I've forgotten others and I've added my own to the list.  What follow are the current list of Stevens' laws (as compiled by yours truly) with explanations as necessary.

Stevens' laws

1. Never live west of work.  If you do you'll be driving into the sun in the morning and in the evening for several weeks out of the year.
2. You never have your own kids.  The kids always seem to have traits and interests of others in the family, you can always see more of somebody else in them.
3. If it's worth doing it's worth overdoing.  Why spend time almost doing something right when you can completely overdesign it with just a little more effort.
4. If it's not worth doing it's not worth doing right.  It's amazing how much time can be saved when frivolous tasks are done with a minimum of effort.
5. Every former homeowner is an idiot.  ...and someday you will be a former homeowner to someone.  No matter what you do, sometimes there is a shortcut to be taken, or the original reason for something is gone and what's left makes no sense.
6. Inside every project is an ever bigger project just waiting to get out.  No matter how much planning and research you do, the job will get bigger once you open it up and get a good look at it.  Sometimes it's because of Laws 3 or 5, but it's worst when it's due to law 4.  (This law was shamelessly lifted from Jan Slater).