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I feel an existential dread when I finish them.

kaetemi 4y ago
Yes. Even though I have literally a hundred notes on my wall for next projects to build. What if I finish the current one, and then finish all of those? Nothing left to do!
- hutzlibu 4y ago
  Is this a real fear, or hyperbole? If it is real, I can endlessly supply you with project ideas. You know, how about solving hunger or climate change, if you are too bored ..
  - kaetemi 4y ago
    It's real. Now that I think of it, I vaguely remember in early primary school frequently finishing tasks* early, and then having nothing to do, or being put on some time wasting activity. Not very enjoyable. Might be a learned behaviour from that. *In one instance that I recall, we had these children books for learning to read. While other kids were whispering while reading, I was silent reading them, and much faster than them. (I particularly remember the other kids commenting that I was just pretending to read.) So, I went through the available books. *Another time we were supposed to underline all the words we didn't understand in a story. Since there were none, I just went through it again a few times and underlined words that looked more difficult just to finish the task. (When the teacher checked it, they just said they knew I already understood those words.) (I suppose "frog" doesn't qualify as a difficult word.) (That was during first and second grade.)
  - 8note 4y ago
    Solving climate change or hunger generally means having been born ultrawealthy and moving into politics to influence proper policy changes. They don't fit the tinkering spare time project very well. Eg. The lowest hanging fruit for improving hunger now is to convince Ukraine to capitulate to Russia so that the grain can flow, but that's only something you can do if you're a hunter Biden or the like
    - hutzlibu 4y ago
      Solving them on a global scale, is likely a bit unrealistic on your own, but there LOTS of ways to work on the problem, especially with low cost home tinkering. Photovoltaik, desalination, automated greenhouses, etc. My point is basically, that I never had the fear of being out of projects, when there are so many problems waiting to be solved. My problem was more, picking the realistic ones. But when your goal is the tinkering, than it likely will not hurt failing a unrealistic project and learning in the process.

Yes. Even though I have literally a hundred notes on my wall for next projects to build. What if I finish the current one, and then finish all of those? Nothing left to do!

hutzlibu 4y ago
Is this a real fear, or hyperbole? If it is real, I can endlessly supply you with project ideas. You know, how about solving hunger or climate change, if you are too bored ..
- kaetemi 4y ago
  It's real. Now that I think of it, I vaguely remember in early primary school frequently finishing tasks* early, and then having nothing to do, or being put on some time wasting activity. Not very enjoyable. Might be a learned behaviour from that. *In one instance that I recall, we had these children books for learning to read. While other kids were whispering while reading, I was silent reading them, and much faster than them. (I particularly remember the other kids commenting that I was just pretending to read.) So, I went through the available books. *Another time we were supposed to underline all the words we didn't understand in a story. Since there were none, I just went through it again a few times and underlined words that looked more difficult just to finish the task. (When the teacher checked it, they just said they knew I already understood those words.) (I suppose "frog" doesn't qualify as a difficult word.) (That was during first and second grade.)
- 8note 4y ago
  Solving climate change or hunger generally means having been born ultrawealthy and moving into politics to influence proper policy changes. They don't fit the tinkering spare time project very well. Eg. The lowest hanging fruit for improving hunger now is to convince Ukraine to capitulate to Russia so that the grain can flow, but that's only something you can do if you're a hunter Biden or the like
  - hutzlibu 4y ago
    Solving them on a global scale, is likely a bit unrealistic on your own, but there LOTS of ways to work on the problem, especially with low cost home tinkering. Photovoltaik, desalination, automated greenhouses, etc. My point is basically, that I never had the fear of being out of projects, when there are so many problems waiting to be solved. My problem was more, picking the realistic ones. But when your goal is the tinkering, than it likely will not hurt failing a unrealistic project and learning in the process.