1970 Duster project in Sweden

Sometimes you need a break to do other things you want in your life. I work only 1 job, but as an aircraft mtx crewchief, my day is never the scheduled 8 hours it's supposed to be. It regularly runs to 10, or 11 hours because of issues that happen that day or week, and sometimes runs over to having to work saturday or sunday for whatever reason. Ya sure the money's great, but I'm at a loss for time, and i run out of G.A.S. (Give A ****) for anything else.

Hot summers here like over 100°F for sometimes 2 months at a time and having to work out in the heat makes me want to come home at night and not leave the house. Just enjoy the A/C. I keep motivated by staying on Fabo, and ordering needed parts for the projects. Hey the money's great but no time, might as well order parts I need. I plan on retiring in 11 years at 62.

I got my eye on the long term prize. So I rat pack the money coming in so I can walk away from airplanes at age 62 and enjoy the rest of my life tinkering on my old junk until I croak. If I could do that at age 60 I would. Point is theres nothing wrong with shelving one interest to pursue other enjoyment for awhile, or even to take a rest from it all.

I used to burn the candle at both ends when i was in my 20s. Would leave work go to my shop which at that time since I lived in an apartment was a rented T hangar on the airport. Put a TV dinner in the microwave I kept there, grab a beer out of the mini fridge I also kept there, then get to work on a project. Go home at 1 or 2AM, shower, go to bed, and get back up at 6am to go back to work.

My 7 year old son now keeps me motivated. I have a 69 barracuda for us to put together as a father and son project. Just sandblasted and primered some steelies for it. Will be hanging an explorer 8.8 under it. He comes out there with me, and wants to learn all about this stuff. Plus temps will be dropping to about 85°F soon making it much more bearable to work in my shop. Maybe getting on Fabo and looking at other projects will get you motivated, or fixing just that 1 thing you wanted to.

My latest is "bodywork". I mean body improvement on my own body. Came back from a trip to New Jersey with my son to visit family about 2 months ago. Saw pix of me at the beach and went holy **** I am pushing maximum density. Got on the scale and weighed 245 lbs. Been doing keto, and exercising. Am down to 222 lbs. Made a pact with myself that I will buy new boots when I hit 200 lbs. My Doc says I should be at 190 lbs. Losing the weight is giving me more energy it seems, plus it makes being in the heat more bearable.

Hope something in this post helps you.
Matt