In an effort to avoid doing anything useful today, (something for which I am especially gifted), I devoted a couple of hours to reading through my historic blog posts. As a result, I don't know whether to be impressed or depressed. Having a boat blog is a useful diary of what you have been up to, or more often these days, what you have not been up to. When I look back at 2010 when we did the mammoth Herbie repaint, did numerous engine jobs, built the cratch folding table, did the signwriting, swapped out the batteries, installed our first solar panel and controller and made the folding stand for it and blogged on most days, I realise that nine years later I don't have that much energy left.
Then I read that last year (2018) I made and painted a new roof box, completed the repaint of Herbie's roof and the handrails, installed another solar panel and replaced the controller and tilting stands and completed my second (admittedly not exactly a best seller) novel, and wrote myself a useful new Android Canalculator app, I don't feel so bad. Then I feel bad again because so much more needs doing and I doubt I shall have the energy for it all. Hey ho. We soldier on. This year I might replace the battery in the clock.
HERBIE! Journeys on our narrowboat and the trials and tribulations of maintaining her.
2 comments:
Good plan! No sense getting het up over plans that may or may not come to pass. Replacing the batteries in the clock is a fine way to pass time
Love Jaq xxx
Sometimes I think we just need to be kind to ourselves, Neil. You can have a hugely active year, but then some down time is needed. Enjoy life and not just enjoy work :)
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