Elliott, I was working on my layout every day even if for only a short time and was getting a lot done. Then I had a get-together with a fairly large group of my train friends (41) and took a breather. Now it's a month later and I'm still on my break. I haven't been able to get downstairs and do anything.
Maybe I need to see you going again and that will give me the spark I need to break this current cycle of mine? You provided me with inspiration to get off my hinnie and do something, even if it was wrong. Seeing you working through all your health issues made me feel guilty that I wasn't getting anything done and had no valid excuses.
I have also learned that I work best when I have a deadline. It doesn't matter what it is, but when I know that something has to get done it helps me overcome my inertia. I get up and want to play bridge, or work a jigsaw puzzle, or read a book, or just about anything but head downstairs. Once I get down there and start doing something, I usually enjoy it and am glad that I did.
I guess I'm thinking that we need to push ourselves enough to keep things moving forward, but not so much that we are as obsessed as we were last year. There has to be a happy medium, the trick is finding it.
Have a great, healthy year this year.
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