Stop in for a cup of coffee
I don't plan on quitting completely. I figure if 78 is the average life expectancy I have 16 years of Saturdays. That comes to 832 Saturdays left. I plan on living a little longer than average. I haven't smoked in 32 years and only drink moderately so I feel I gained a few. But I have to subtract for the Honey do list which I figure equals 1/2 to 3/4 of the 832. But if I can work on her list some evenings maybe I can get back to 832. Now here is just a partial list of what I have in projects all needing restored...1972 Challenger, 1970 Dart Swinger, 1975 Dart Swinger, 86 Shortbed truck, 1969 Truck as well as a 69 W300 a 70 D300 and I won't even start on motorcycles. Oh and a tractor or 3...There just are not enough Saturdays and the old saying of "The fox that chase 2 rabbits gets neither one!" holds true here.
I understand what you're saying, I drink very moderately, and when I do drink, it's usually wine, and not cheap stuff, either. The price alone is enough to keep me from more. lol
I stopped smoking in 1983, this February will be 33 years for me, too.
As I said in a couple of other threads, I got into this when I was like 8 years old, I'm 65 now, and about a dozen "built cars, and 4 dozen plus hobby and daily driver cars later, There is far more to see and do in this world
Besides the Honey-do list, The most important things would be family time. Vacations, travel, visiting children and grand children, and like I said, the last thing I want to do is spend my weekends in a garage. Once a month, maybe, is fine, but there is so much more to life that playing boy racer. My wife still enjoys my company, and I hers, the kids moved out, the dog died, the house is paid off, and we're both retired. Life begins.
We have a condo near Sarasota, the house here in Ga., and a small house in Tuscany, Italy, that spend most of it's time rented out. In my retirement I want to start using all these places. Especially the house it Italy as a base for traveling around Europe, for a while, too.
I want to see much more than the 4 walls of my garage.