i don’t turn on TV until about 7pm most days, unless i’m playing a game for an hour.

@sundancer did you watch “A Bridge Too Far” and cheer every time the British Airborne were shocked to find Bittrich’s troops at the bridge? Because that’s a high point for the Germans, and a low point for British Intelligence. Huzzah!

I have enough trouble filling time during the ‘mandatory’ days off as is. Usually I find something to motivate me by the time I have to get back to work again …

@horati0nosebl0wer letting go of things ? nah …. I’m not at that stage (yet or ever?). I’ve been trying to talk myself out of kickstarters, but that’s not been as successful as I…[Read more]

@pagan8th congrats on the retirement if that is a recent thing. I’ve not made that leap yet but I have always promised myself I’d go at 55 and that is 13 months away now.
I’m not working full time at the moment and I definitely find having an organised focus for my hobby is useful, hence my participation in the annual Hobby Pledge here. YMMV

When I left the Bundeswehr I had some time to myself. First two months I watched every DVD I could get my hands on. After the third month I started working as a bouncer in a club because I needed something to keep me busy XD

Sudden influx of spare time can hit differently when you’re on your own suddenly

@lawnor lol it is my walk in closet/hobby space. Well organized, and I had a good year doing commissions which paid for most of it.

Sell it off?  That looks like a shop display already and I’m pretty sure you’re better stocked than many FLGS’s.

I know. Cheers

I am not getting cloudflare issues, but it is taking a ridiculous amount of time to publish entries.  I just tried to publish quite a large entry and it just sat there for 25 minutes or so doing nothing.  So I cancelled it and then just published the first paragraph of text and two images, which it seemed fine with.  However, I then edited the po…[Read more]

Pledges for 2026:

1. take less commissions and paint for myself. Deal with the mountains of minis I have.

2. actually game with my stuff

3. think about selling off some of the mountain if it’s not doing it for me.

that’s my 2026 goalset.

Retiring early does have those issues. I got pensioned off at 47, and filling my days was HARD. Now it is less so, but I still have a difficult time with so much time to fill. It’s not as easy as one thinks.

Good luck with your KS, that’s a heavily saturated market.