Trying to summon the motivation

halfafish said
Part of the problem is that I have too many projects going. I got started on three different cars but they are all half done.

Something helpful has been to STOP BUYING CARS, STUPID. Even if it's a good deal or a smoking deal. Enough is enough. Time to get what I have running and enjoy driving them, instead acquiring them and letting them sit.

You sound like you could be my dad. Too many projects, all of them half to 3/4 done. In the 25 years we've lived in Wisconsin he's finished 3 projects. 2 roofs and my grandfather's 57 MGA. No other project that he's started has been finished, and he's still talking about buying another car. We lived in Spokane for 5 years and in that time he finished 2 cars and started a 3rd before having to sell it when we moved back here. It's pretty frustrating to watch.

My issue is that as soon as I finally got a job that would allow me to start making headway on my hobbies I decided to get married, buy a house, make a terrible financial decision regarding my dream sedan (G8 GT that I've talked about before) , and have 2 girls all in the span of 5 years. Soooo, I have 0 time to do anything unless I demand time to do it. The only reason I have a usable motorcycle is because my wife vastly prefers my suv to her hatchback and I prefer literally anything over an suv/truck. So getting the couple things on it fixed so I could safely ride it to work was an easy discussion even with the slightly higher expense. But the Cuda has been sitting for 6 years now, my other bike that I vastly prefer over the running one is covered up on a trailer, wrecked possibly forever, and I'm working as much ot as possible to pay down some debt incurred from the G8 and just life in general. It's all just so draining that when I do get a chance to sit down, like right now after my ot shift tonight, I really don't want to do anything. Even playing video games is a chore. The worst part is I really like my job and it pays well. But if I didn't have to work I'd be able to enjoy more things like my kids and hobbies. It just sucks and winter doesn't help.