You know, "S" can also stand for "Stuck" or "Stressed" or "Stymied."
I've run into all three problems in the past (usually while trying to
soldier wires to my track - I'm one of those lucky people who is so
bad at soldering that I've managed to solder a metal cuff-button to my
railroad before, WHILE I was wearing the shirt. Don't ask. :P ) The
thing about any hobby is you have to find the part of the hobby that
interests you the most. If, for some reason you get tired of doing
that, find something else to tinker with for a while, but you will
invariably find yourself drawn back to the original thing. Yes,
getting track installed and running does help immensely. Sometimes
that's all you need to get yourself jumpstarted. Silly as it sounds,
snap-track and the various derivatives of such were one of the things
that REALLY got people interested in the hobby. Snap-track (look,
another "S" word) made it easy for people to get a basic layout set up
and wired in a short amount of time, allowing them to concentrate on
what they liked the most (unless that WAS the track, then they didn't).
Everyone has a niche to fill in a hobby. I'm a kitbasher, and it's
what I enjoy the most. I have track on a board and suboadbed but no
wiring yet because I just plain haven't gotten that far. Am I stuck
on the wiring? Yes, for a while I was, and it discouraged me. Was I
stuck on the track plan? Yes, and again, it discouraged me. Have I
gotten over it? Um... I ripped out the track and relaid it. No
wiring yet because I keep forgetting to BUY the wire. Am I stilll
discouraged? No, because I found a way around the thing that had me
stalled. You know what one of the best "S" words out there is?
"Solutions." Sometimes it just takes longer to find them. ;)
- Brian Empanger
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