On today’s show, we’re talking about… BURNOUT!!!, a tight riving knife, making big under-bevels, buying bulk lumber, and uneven table legs.
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Kickback
Jason has some feedback about getting kids into woodworking and recommends scouting.
Dining Table Discussion
Let’s talk about burnout. In particular, Marc’s recent brush with apathy toward woodworking.
Listener Questions
- Jon wants to know how to make a large under-bevel for his maple table top.
- William wants to know how to get good lumber at a reasonable price at a slightly larger scale than hobby level.
- Tony wants to know how to get his legs level.
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4 replies on “Coping with Burnout | Wood Talk 577”
Hello Wood Talk-a-roos!
Your opening segment about burnout was a very good conversation. As Shannon mentioned, it’s normal for this type of feeling to occur. I think it’s attributed to doing the same thing over and over again every day, and feeling like you’re getting no where. While at the same time, seeing everyone embellish the best moments of their lives on Social Media.
I’m not a psychologist. I work in tech support at a telecommunications company. Whenever I’m feeling burnt out with work or with a hobby I switch it up by reading a fiction book. Preferably a physical one so I can put my phone in the other room and just get lost in the story. Here are three book recommendations:
Justin Cronin – The Ferryman – Sci-Fi futuristic Dystopian
Andy Weir – Project Hail Mary – Sci-Fi Outer Space Thriller
Stephen King – The Stand – Long novel with lots of characters about a pandemic.
Just wanted to throw that out there. Keep up the great work fellas!
This was a great episode. I’m just a hobbyist. I fell into a woodworking slump a couple of years ago and lacked any motivation to do any woodworking projects. I tried many times to reignite my passion by trying to learn different woodworking skills such as turning and carving. This did not work. I decided to take a break and pursue another dream of mine, aviation. I earned my pilot certificate. This required me to focus on a different unrelated challenge that took my brain off of woodworking and pretty much everything else. While pursuing my pilot certificate, there were many time I was frustrated and felt defeated. Ultimately, woodworking helped me through it. I found myself working on little projects to take my mind off of my struggles. I found that pursuing a completely unrelated hobby, brought me closer to my first hobby, woodworking. Two very different hobbies have helped me maintain the passion I used to have for one. Thanks for your great content!
Regarding the burnout conversation ~18:25 into the show (people not being interested in high-level details), I remembered a discussion with Jason Hibbs on Steve Ramsey’s podcast that the average YouTube viewer will likely not make a project they post. Their argument for this was that YouTube (here, woodworking) fills more of an entertainment or motivational role than an actionable project. I can definitely attest to this as an amateur/intermediate level hobby woodworker. For what it’s worth, I appreciate and enjoy all the videos you three (and others) post!
I have been a guild member since the “free stool project” as a gift to listeners after someone hacked your site. I joined on a whim. Watched the Adirondack chair “ I still have never built”. Was totally into the Roubo project eventually did build it. I have no problem with your current format. I purchase a project now and then.. but honestly liked the old yearly subscription model the best.. I got to watch projects I had no interest in building but learned a lot.. I know the youtube\ internet business thing is complex but at 58 years old I think I did prefer and pay more for the older model… anyway…thanks for all you all do and I hope it continues you have added a lot of joy to my life.