Frustration

Frustration can come from a number of sources. Do you have a schedule or milestone that you have come to realize that you can't meet? If so, revise the schedule. These projects often take a lot more time that anyone would figure, unless you do this kind of work often. I think that it also depends on what you want to get out of it. I personally get great satisfaction from completing these tasks by myself. Of course there are things that I just cannot do because I don't have the equipment or knowledge to use it, engine machine work for example. So I farm that out, but I still do the assembly. Try eating the elephant one bite at a time. Break your project up into smaller tasks so that you can get some satisfaction from getting that part done. I see my projects from the stand point of what I will be able to learn from it as much as I do from how good I think I will feel when it is done. Like many of us here, my car hobby has nothing to do with what I do for a living. I do it for fun and the pride I feel when I get something done. For sure, the drudgery of the winter is a factor if you live in the snow belt. Step away, give it some time. Spring time (its really not that far away) will revive your motivation. L8r

Jim