Should I Really Be Doing This ?
This is the question I asked myself several times before I got started. This is a big time commitment. I'm married with 2 children I was coaching soccer in the spring and fall (now just cheering from the sidelines).
Beyond the time commitment required to build an airplane, there is a significant financial commitment. We have every intention of sending our two children to a good college. And although we're off to a good start with our college fund, we still have a long way to go. I even checked to see if there was a tree out back with dollar bills hanging from it, and I'm sorry to report that the answer is "No!"
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Given these factors, and
the number of other smaller
activities battling for my time and money, I wondered if I should just
wait until life was a less complicated. A rational disciplined person
(i.e. my wife) would tell me I should. However, after much thought I
decided to go for it.
Here
is my rational. One, I love to build things and it gives me a great
deal of pleasure. Two, building is a way for me to relax and take a
break from life's everyday stresses. Moreover, if I approach it from
the point of view that I'll get started and I'll finish when I finish
(no self imposed deadlines). Then what the heck. I'll do as much as
time and money will allow.
I
can hear it now. Other builders are probably saying; "what a fool,
he'll never finish if he approaches it that way, he'll be building a
coffee table out of the horizontal stabilizer." Maybe I will, but this
rational was sufficient enough to get me started. And from what I've
read on other builders sites, the key is don't wait. Just get started!
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