How many projects do you have going?

[srossman]

I know how you guys feel 'coz I was in the same boat but I came to a life changing decision a few years ago.

Instead of busting my buns, continually moving from one project to the next and trying to keep up with the recurring jobs like mowing, spraying etc., I decided that I would do what I can do and if I don't get it completed according to my self imposed timetable, ah well, there's always tomorrow. Three straight days of rain doesn't have me stewing about how far I'm falling behind and what I need to do to catch up. When the rain stops, I go back to work where I left off and just carry on. It'll all get done when I get round to it. I don't worry about it anymore. If I want to take the day off and go fishing or go to the gun club and burn up some ammo, that's exactly what I do. Don't get me wrong, I'm still always behind but that's just a fact of life and I don't think I'm any further behind than I was when I was rushing around all the time. Life is a lot more pleasant and the place hasn't suffered in the slightest as far as I can see.

So, ease up a little. Life isn't supposed to be a grind. Do what you can do and enjoy it.

So ends my sermon for today. We'll be coming around in a minute to take up the collection.

Very wise words to live by. Sounds like a man who has worked the rat race and is now retired. Thanks for the reminder. Whatever I don't get done today, I'll work on it tomorrow.

-Scot

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I have lots of projects ranging from re-building a neighboors old Cub Cadet to building an incubator for my wife's chickens to building myself a backhoe attachment. In between all of that are things like parting out my dad's mower on e-bay, totally re-organizing the garage (with new shelves), and building a 3 pt. sprayer to keep up with the pasture and garden weeds. I have a remodel of our basement planned in the next few months. I have a lot of fence to fix, and I really want to run power to my storage shed (see backhoe above). I'm getting a lot less done lately since I discovered that Netflix has "Mythbusters" available to watch instantly.

For me there's no stress because my livelyhood doesn't depend on any of this. I know that at any minute I could just have a massive yard sale and be done with it all. I doubt that will happen, though, because I'm enjoying every minute of it. I think if I ever found myself without a few projects lined up to do I'd get depressed. I love this stuff!

 

[mcd176]

I am glad I am not the only one who has way more projects than time, I currently have my cab project going on that I can not wait to finish, I am very exited about how nice it will be this winter but it has been alot of work! I should have it done in a few weeks. I havent been able to devote as much time as I have wanted due to other things that had to be done and my wife and kids always come first to me over any project although my 5 year old daughter just loves my Kubota and spending time with me in the garage so I think that will pay off as she gets older.

-Mike

 

[Renze]

Guess it all depends on how you catagorize things! I figure Ya got your 'Honey-Do', your "Stuff That Has To Get Done", Your "***** That Happens", and your "Projects"!

Small jobs that need to get done, just to be done with them:
- finish the quick attach of my front loader (since 2005 i work with loose pins)
- lengthen the dump cylinders of my front loader to achieve 90 degree tip angle at ground - level (parts pre-welded, will do this week)

replacing the kinked parallel rod of my front loader is a STH project: I used it to bash the scrap into the old trailer, so it wont fall out during the ride to the nearby city. (i dont care about the trailer, i am building a new one and this one i will NOT unload at the scrapyard but just leave it there, as soon as the new trailer is done)

Anyways, when i had to pound out those pretty stuck pins of the parallel triangles anyways, i combined it with a semi-project, lengthening the tip cylinders so i can dump 90 degree vertical at limited lift height (I need that dump angle to get a dry haylage bale off the forks: Untill now i had to lift to max lift height to achieve 90 degree dump angle)

I just tried it "dry" and think i'll get 135 degree tip angle at ground level. Thats more than i hoped for.

I was just surfing to check the bend resistance of the 60x60x5 mm parallel rods of my neighbours frontloader, to see how much more they do than the 50x50x4mm tubes i bought at the steel shop: I think i need to put the old 40x40x5mm rods inside the new one to be 100% safe for the kink force that occurs in the odd occasion.