Has this ever happened to you?

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foulrift

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May 2, 2008
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Hey guys,has this ever happened to you? Last weekend I finally got everything I needed to do the soldering on my layout. I did a little practicing and was satisfied with the results.But since then NADA! Everytime I say that I'm going to get up early and work on the layout,something else comes up and nothing gets done. I work from 3-11 PM and am too tired when I get home to do anything.
For me this is frustrating and I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through this experience. Bob wall1
 
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nachoman

Yep. Car breaks. Good football game. Family duties...

Time is prescious!

Kevin
 
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MasonJar

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Bob,

Hate to do this to you, but the story of my last two years is very similar...! :eek: :(

However, it is a hobby, and I once read something very wise about it:

"The most important thing about the hobby is that it is not the most important thing."

Frustrating from time to time to be sure, and I feel for you. Don't worry though, things will change! I recently broke the cycle of inactivity because my 4 year old observed that I hadn't run the trains in a while, so she wanted to help me "set them back up"... ;) :D


Andrew
 
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foulrift

Bob
May 2, 2008
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Thanks guys-at least I'm not the only one that this has happened to. I suspect part of my problem is that I tend to get antsy when I see the layout just sitting there waiting while I attend to other things. Bob
 
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foulrift said:
Thanks guys-at least I'm not the only one that this has happened to. I suspect part of my problem is that I tend to get antsy when I see the layout just sitting there waiting while I attend to other things. Bob
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Actually...walking away during the summer helped me a lot. In fact I barely looked at my layout. I put in a ton of effort over the last winter and was getting burned out. Now, I'm just getting back into the swing of it again and feeling good about getting things rolling.
 
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I think that most of us...even the most die-hard practicioners of the hobby, have these "mood" swings, particularly after a period of putting in some "intensive" effort into our trains....I know it happens to me...:sad:
 
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Yep, know how that is. In at 730am home by 730pm. And the places that you need to purchase track items are only open Mon to Friday!
 
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I agree with all the above. I'm a card modeler, but for any hobby, most people tend to make great strides in their work and get burned out. I always end up shooting through a lot of work on the weekends. Even though I tend to get some time here and there during the week, It's almost a chore to get up the interest to simply look at my WIPs. I normally use that time to focus on what I have already done and examine what I have learned from it, kind of like an after test review, just to make sure it sets in.
 
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I used to work a job, twelve hour shifts, two days on, two days off, every other weekend, three straight days. The second day of my two days off was ususally the prime-time for modeling, the first was for sleep.

Since my layout is in the attic, during the summer it was early in the morning after Better-half went to work. Workshop in the afternoon. I really got a lot done those days. Since I've been on a regular eight hour day, its hard to find time after work. Saturday afternoon(work in the morning) is spent with Better-Half(Family time is priority number 1), Sundays, February to November..Races. Leaves Saturday night for layout time. After November....Look out!
 
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