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Tips for staying motivated?

This thread comes at a time when I am quite unmotivated. I really have not been getting anything done to my truck at all lately. This last weekend was the first time in nearly a month that I have gotten something done on it. I have parts, I generally have the time, don't always have the "right" tools, but I just can't seem to get off my lazy ass.
 
Realizing I only have about a month before I am supposed to go to SD wheeling for 10 days LOL

Also that looming Alaska trip I still plan on making

Like minded souls help me alot too.
 
MTBLAZER89 said:
Wheeling trips!

I have been so motivated I keep postponing any lengthy downtime projects :wink1:
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Do this!

Keep wheeling no matter what. Tearing the truck apart for years just to make sure you're rolling on 40"+ tires and the axles/gearing/suspension to support them is silly.

Go out and have fun with the truck when and wherever you can, doesn't matter what that means.

The more time behind the wheel you have the better driver you'll be and the more fun you'll have :thumb:
 
I spun a bearing in the engine quite some time back. I'm trying to get it back together from that incident, lot of small things to correct along with swapping the engine. For whatever reason, it's been hard to get motivated this go round.

I'm making vague lists, that seems to help. I also tell myself just one thing every evening and am trying to stick to that.

I had much bigger plans for the rebuild but have scaled them back so it can be down for less time. I'm only addressing the issues that effect wheeling and letting go of some of the "looks" stuff.
 
cybrfire said:
I spun a bearing in the engine quite some time back. I'm trying to get it back together from that incident, lot of small things to correct along with swapping the engine. For whatever reason, it's been hard to get motivated this go round.

I'm making vague lists, that seems to help. I also tell myself just one thing every evening and am trying to stick to that.

I had much bigger plans for the rebuild but have scaled them back so it can be down for less time. I'm only addressing the issues that effect wheeling and letting go of some of the "looks" stuff.
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I'm starting to do the same Kert....I have so many things on the "want list" but am rethinking some things to get this thing up and going. Time to plug things in and make it go. If I need to forgo some wants then so be it. My wallet will be a little healthier that way too.
 
Having a time schedule and sitting down and figuring out what I had to get done that week in order to make it.

And not taking it so far that you lose focus. I think the ones that do get finished are less then the ones that sit and get parted out or just sit for years.

Also realizing that you, in the general sense, might not be the one that can do this whole monster build might be easier and better for you to buy somebody else project that is done.
 
keeping motavated isn't my problem. My problem is time. Between my normal job, Adventurous, family, and everything in between my time gets used up. My normal job schedule sucks. I work swing shift and get 1 weekend a month off. Here is my screwed up schedule.

Wednesday to the following Tuesday, 8am to 4pm
off Wednesday
Thursday to the following Wednesday, 4pm to midnight
off Thursday and Friday
Friday night (actually Saturday morning) to the following Friday, midnight to 8am.
Off from Friday at 8am to the following Wednesday at 8am when it starts all over again.

Toss in 1 or 2 12 hour days each week. Either in 4 hours early or over 4 hours. Sometimes it could be 16 doing 4 on each end of the shift.

I haven't touched the K5 in a week and kinda back burnered it untill I get my wifes car done, and I have to put a shifter in the Bronco and fix the brakes. I'll be wheeling the Bronco untill the K5 is done. I am more burned out then anything due to my schedule.
 
A deployment to one of the world's sh!tholes for a few months seems to do the trick for me. While I'm gone, working on my rig is all I can really think about, so when I get back home, I'm pretty motivated to get some shiznit done. :doah:
 
Living in the foothills with tons of cool rigs running around helps. Sidejobs on friends' trucks also helps motivate as well as fund it. My 5yr old son asking when is the Blazer gonna be done dad(atleast twice a week)?And comong on the board, bored at lunch and seeing all the boys build and wheel the piss out of their rides. My friends are generally useless in the motivation game, they all want to go wheel it but never wanna come and wrench . My best friend left me to do my business once i cut out a 6in strip of frame last year. He looked scared(dont know why) and said it was above his head. No help scince
 
I would like to drive mine but registration alone is 400 dollars :(

There is a "mudfest" this weekend that I would like to go to, but I don't really have a way to get there.
 
38377k5 said:
Do this!

Keep wheeling no matter what. Tearing the truck apart for years just to make sure you're rolling on 40"+ tires and the axles/gearing/suspension to support them is silly.

Go out and have fun with the truck when and wherever you can, doesn't matter what that means.

The more time behind the wheel you have the better driver you'll be and the more fun you'll have :thumb:
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Totally agree! There are times when I wish I had toned down my trazer build. Since it went 2 years without a wheeling trip (last april) then another year due to getting other projects. I'm hoping to get at least two wheeling trips this year. I've also spent the last year collecting parts to semi-restore my crewcab and I have spent the last 6 months buying parts to lift my m1009.

yellowK20 said:
Ordering Parts from DIY4X!!
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Shackle flip is on its way for my m1009 then I got all the stuff needed for a 4" lift. Now that's motivation!!
 
Think about this:

What if you die next week....how long have you been putting off doing something in your life you have been thinking about for so long.
Not just wheeling, but everything in your life that truly means something to you.
I think of this because I have a cool set of CAT construction equipment collectibles that I keep in the original packaging, and just look at them....cool, I enjoy looking at em, but my grand-daughter asked me the other day if she could play with them. I said no, they weren't for playing with....she said "Papa, your supposed to play with toys"
Man talk about a slap upside the head....so now we play with them in the basement.

so if you've been putting stuff off to wait for another day....you may never see that day....DO IT NOW.
 
Motivation isnt the problem. Money, or the lack thereof. And time. Not much of it between work and family. I have the plan, I have most of the knowledge, and I have some of the parts. But I have very little time and even less money.:(
 
First off, make a to-do-list... Not just "build a cage", but more like step 1, step 2, step 3 and so on... Not really in order, but break it down into smaller tasks... That way you can choose something simple to get the day started...

Secondly, always do something every time you're out there... Doesn't matter what, as long as it needs to get done to be finished at some point... Just doing that can add up to days worth of work...

Thirdly, step away from the keyboard... I used to get sucked into the internet and not come out for days... I don't have a computer anywhere close to the blazer...

And lastly, figure out how you work the most effeciently... Are you faster working alone or with buddies??? Me, I get way more done by myself...

It can be hard sometimes, but nodoby is gonna build your truck for you... Just put your head down and get after it...


Hope this helps...
 
my wife and kids bugging the crap out me so I gotta get out the house and do something.
 
I do not smoke, drink or watch tv. So what else do I have to do? Finish my dads 34 Chevy. So no new work on the Jimmy and have not touched the 39 crawler.
 
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