Well, the basement issues mentioned in my last post are still unresolved and have turned into a huge gumption trap (see my post from last February) that has set me into a huge unproductive funk. One of the solutions to gumption traps mentioned in that post is Jack Burgess's suggestion to commit to actual work on the railroad for fifteen or thirty minutes everyday. With my wife's help today, we took down the Nooksack ten-foot section and set it up on sawhorses behind my workbench. I have power to the workbench, so I can rig up some lighting to actually work on the Nooksack section. Hopefully incremental progress on the railroad will lead to incremental improvement to my mental state!
Small Steps To-Do List:
Module down and on sawhorses- Reinstall Tortoise for longer passing track turnout
- Check for and add feeder drops as needed
- Connect all drops to DCC Bus
- Install UTP cab bus panels
- Bolt on the small bridge module
- All electrical connections finalized
- Finalize planning and start installation of . . .
- Backdrop
- Lighting
- Valance
- Modules returned and in place!
- Control panel and touch toggles installed
- DCC moved and set up
I also have some not so small steps to work out, but I want to try to get back into a more productive and satisfying mode by making progress with these tasks. Let's hope my next post highlights some more of these steps completed.
