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Hello and welcome! 


Who?

Me, mostly


What?

Woodworking, gardening, bike stuff, I dunno


Where?

Roger Williams' lively experiment


When?

Whenever I have an hour or two I suppose


Why?

Purposefulness is important, for me at least, in feeling fulfilled. Aimless time with my interests feels like junkfood. I never feel satisfied. If I engage with a purpose however, the time feels more substantive. There is an issue here though! If I center my free time around projects, I will never do them. I do not have time to finish a project in one sitting. They are too large, too complex, unconstrained by my silly schedule. I have to-do lists spanning decades! So what are we trying here? For an hour or two a week, as a rule, I will spend time in and around the workshop. My goal is not to complete any given task however, my goal is to spend an hour two doing whatever I can manage to do in that time, and then posting about it and the things I was thinking about while doing it. The posting becomes the purpose, and then I'm not hung up on if I finished anything or not.



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