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redidbull

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Has anyone just gotten tired of working on cars? I have a couple projects that need work and just have no desire to go out and work on either. I am not feeling lazy, working on a bath remodel among other house stuff. Neither of the projects are usable at this point either so if I want to dive them I need to do the work. If others have been here, how do you handle it? Maybe just take a break til I'm ready? Thanks. Jim
 
I believe we go through different times in our lives where some things have a higher priority the other things, and those high priority things always seem to change as time goes on. Its probably the cycle of life.

The car hobby tends to be one of those things that moves up and down the priority list. Sometimes there are things that just need to change, other things that need to get done, and things that we sometimes have to just get away from for a while.

Unless there is an absolute need to get rid of the car projects, I suggest you just leave them sit. At some point they will likely become a higher priority again, and you will be very happy you still have them. That shift in priority may take a few months, or it may take a few years. The car projects won't mind waiting, and unless you are paying for storage, they are not costing you anything to leave sit. When you get back to them, it often becomes very exciting again, and you go after it like never before.

Personally, I only could work on one project at a time or I became overwhelmed quickly and lost interest in both. I found that having a project waiting until the current project was finished, got the first project done faster, and it kept my attention on it better.
 
I agree with Gene Jim. I went through the same issue last year with new septic and yard project. Although I had pockets of time where I could’ve gotten into the garage, I just didn’t want to. I’d actually wake up in the middle of the night or in the morning with a stomach ache thinking about where I was on the project and what I had to do.

I’ve had a lot of fun on this build and looking back at my pictures have accomplished a great deal of work. And even with that, I occasionally had thoughts of just selling the whole thing. Gee wiz, I’d be so upset with myself if I did that.

As crazy as it sounds, I woke up one morning, and I felt like somebody lifted a weight off my shoulders. That stupid feeling I had in my gut was gone.

I just let it ride, go with the flow and when you’re ready to jump back on it, you’ll know it. In the meantime, enjoy the other things you’re working on.
 
Nothing unusual there. It happens to most of us, not all.
I agree that more than one vehicle project at a time extends a build out to a point that interest in them can be lost.
 

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