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| dkersten:
For several weeks I have been packing a little at a time in preparation for moving out of the house I lived in for 16 years. This weekend it really dawned on me how many thousands of hours it took me to make the house the way I wanted it. Sunday I pulled apart one small part of my shop - the dust collection system. It wasn't all that complicated really, about 7 blast gates that remotely turned on the dust collection unit, two main 4" feeds going from the garage into the shed where the unit was located, and a cyclone separator before the main unit. But in the ~3 hours it took to tear down and pack up, I realized that this one project took me at least 15 hours of work to set up, and that is after reworking the layout at least two times. There are literally dozens of small projects like that throughout the house that I did over the years, and those are just the small projects that make a house into a home. The big projects, where walls came down, floors came up, or roofs came off, those things I feel I am being paid back on from the sale of the house, but those little things, they are hitting me hard. And that is not to mention all the things I built in that garage. 3 arcade cabinets, an entire set of kitchen cabinets, dozens of small pieces of furniture, and the list goes on and on. The reason this struck me so hard is partly because all that time spent doing things over the years to really make my house something I loved is going to be gone with the stroke of a pen, but also because it is dawning on me just how long it will take (and how much hard work) to get my new house to this point. And that is between work, the holidays (new house wont be done until T-day), and the building of my new home theater, which will be an insanely big project in itself. And I can't do much of anything before I have the new shop set up. When I look back at all the hours I spent just setting up the shop to do all those projects, I can't help but wonder if I will even get started on making my new house a home before next summer... 10 more days in my home and then I get to live in an apartment for the next 7-8 months... O.o You ever feel like you just inadvertently pried apart your own life? |
| Mike A:
Hang in there man. Embrace the changes. I know from experience how devastating major life changes can be. |
| yotsuya:
Why did you sell? |
| dkersten:
Thanks Mike! I am excited for all the changes, just a little in awe at how much will change. It really hit me this weekend tearing down my work shop. Any way, I figured that since a lot of people here are the "DIY" type, I figured they could relate to something like this. The amount of work I did on my house over the years was staggering. I never saw it that way, and I always figured that since I did it once, I could do it all over again anywhere. I can, but it isn't going to be over a weekend or two, it will likely take years again. Regardless of how ghetto or how high end your workspaces are, I bet there is a lot of little efforts that combined over the years to make them truly your own. But until you go and tear it all down to move it (or just to prepare to sell it all), you probably won't realize how much you really put into it. The new buyer came by Friday so I could show him all the little things about the house, and to show him the theater room that he is buying as well. We have a lot in common, and I honestly don't think I could sell my house to someone who would appreciate it more than this guy. I suppose there is some solace in that. He also wanted to buy my mame cab, but after buying all my theater equipment and furniture, he figured his girlfriend would kill him if he sprung for another expensive toy. If he handed me the cash, I would take it though. I can always build another, right? |
| dkersten:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 24, 2017, 07:05:21 pm ---Why did you sell? --- End quote --- Everything, or at least that is how it feels, lol. Sold my house. Sold my 15" 3hp planer. Sold my scroll saw and 6"/9" belt/disc sander (both big iron machines). Sold my kegerator, extra lawnmowers, and gave away a few truckloads of odds and ends out of my garage and shed. And to the new owner of the house, I sold the theater electronics, the theater furniture, the refrigerator, and of course, the rest of the house with everything I built there, including the deck, gas fire pit, shed, fence, game room, bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchen cabinets, and on and on... Too many renovations and improvements to count. Oh, and the family business too, lol. Sold that. Got a full bank account and haven't been this poor in 20 years... :dizzy: |
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