Need motivation

[basstracker89]

Same here, but I'm older than you. I took my truck to get the transmission serviced and they wanted @ 83% more than a few months ago. I told them I'd do it myself. Haven't done it yet though. I just got through with a lot of other mechanic work over the last few months. I'll spend @ $100 in parts and save @ $175 for a couple hours work. I have all the tools I need and a place indoors to work

 

[Torn]

If you don't have **** else to do, why not? Beats sitting around doing nothing

He’s Gen X which means he’s busting butt all week to pay the bills and doesn’t want to waste his precious time off working on a car.

Whereas us Boomers would just say we didn’t need cars cause we walked everywhere, uphill both ways, in the snow and rain and then go into a long story about how we would carve a water pump out of a piece of hickory if we needed one.

 

[Grady263]

All I can say, is that you best get to getting before you hit 54.


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[Just1more]

Loss of testosterone as you get older makes you less motivated to do anything. If I make myself get started on something, I’m damned and determined to finish it. It’s getting started that’s the trick. I just finished this major raised garden bed project. It was very rewarding to put up the last piece of wood. (18

beds)

 

[xlr8ngn]

He’s Gen X which means he’s busting butt all week to pay the bills and doesn’t want to waste his precious time off working on a car.

This, I used to would have knocked it out and everything else I have going on. Not so much now, especially this Fall.

 

[xlr8ngn]

If you don't have **** else to do, why not? Beats sitting around doing nothing

I have more than plenty to do, I just can't get past the simple tasks. I used to hammer it out regardless of size or scope. Now, not so much.

 

[wildbill1973z28]

How do you guys motivate yourself to do decent sized complex projects on your off time? I need a trick, gimmick, whatever it is to get myself started and actually complete the task. I'm 51, handy to the extreme, but getting less motivated everyday. The task I've been avoiding is installing a new water pump in my daughter's Ford Edge. It is a major PITA and will take all weekend and possibly longer, and I do not look forward to the back strain I know is coming. I know, just man up and do it, right?? I'm procrastinating hard here.

i’m 67 and a slow learner but choose your battles!

 

[xlr8ngn]

Loss of testosterone as you get older makes you less motivated to do anything. If I make myself get started on something, I’m damned and determined to finish it. It’s getting started that’s the trick. I just finished this major raised garden bed project. It was very rewarding to put up the last piece of wood.

I've been on test since 38, keep it between 500-600.

 

[Blue bio balls]

This,

He’s Gen X which means he’s busting butt all week to pay the bills and doesn’t want to waste his precious time off working on a car.

Whereas us Boomers would just say we didn’t need cars cause we walked everywhere, uphill both ways, in the snow and rain and then go into a long story about how we would carve a water pump out of a piece of hickory if we needed one.

This....I'm gen x and after doing construction work all day; I don't even want to mow the grass.

 

[Fish Fry]

My oldest daughter and I almost created a procrastinator's anonymous but we just never got around to it ........you sound like a prospective member.

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