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Date:         Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:29:15 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Need inspiration. Lacking motivation on my engine conversion
              (Warning! Severe Whining Within! --- ;^)
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Hi all.

I'm sure others have gone through this, but I've never done a project like this before and I'm just kind of, well, mentally stalled.

I don't know why, but it's all just hitting me now. Even though the engine is in place, the learning curves I've been through, and more to the point, will go through on all this, combined with the thought of just how much stuff there is left to do, seems a little daunting.

I swear it's not so much the work left to do. It's the running around gathering parts, returning parts, studying up and redoing things (more than a few times in certain cases) that is un-inspiring me. Maybe discouraged is the word. Plus it's such an "all consuming" project that seems like it will never get done!

And my hopes of getting it finished in time (end of March. Ha! Beginning of April. Double Ha!) to do more than just a few days of camping before my gig begins, were a little unrealistic and likely won't happen. I thought I had left enough time. Still, I am unhappy to know that in all reality, it may be a couple more weeks before it's running with major bugs worked out.

I'm trying to see "the journey" angle with all this, which I see from time to time, but frankly I just feel a little overwhelmed and really just want to get it done.

Oh yes. I know. "Boo hoo". Enough whining! --- ;^)

Any inspiration, advice, stories, mental slaps up-side my head, or humour to motivate me to get this thing done are more than welcome!

--- :^)

Cheers,

Neil.

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/


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