Late Summer Break

 This is something I normally do around April or May, and usually lasts until June, but due to circumstances I wasn't able to take my usual break, so it's timing out now. This is a break from dedicating weekends to racing. It gives me a chance to work on other things, get out in the sun, and re-energize myself for the winter. 

You gotta understand...I do this so that I don't burn out. I found this trick to work with most of my hobbies. If you force yourself to take a timed vacation from your hobbies, you'll come back to them with new interest. Now that doesn't mean I stop shopping. Most certainly not. I also don't stop running /r/slotcars. I just take a break from the physical aspect of setting up the track and racing on the floor on the weekend. 

This last batch of race cars has been so good that I can't pick a favorite out of the bunch. Each time I look at the last 6 or so cars that I've picked up, my favorite changes each time.

Usually the break lasts about a month or so. I'm trying to time it so it's right around when the weather changes. Plus there are a lot of concerts coming up, and I've been doing loads of show photography these days. But I'll probably end up buying a car or two during the break. I'm waiting on the Thunderslot Ferrari. Also want to pick up a couple of the GT40 MKIV cars from NSR. And then the holiday cars start showing up. 

So I'm hoping this all works out. Pretty sure it will. And it's not like I'm burned out and at risk of stopping. On the contrary. I'm forcing myself to do this. But I know that it'll matter later. It always does.

Such good cars this batch.

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So what's coming?

I'm going to start up the racing series right when I get back. I've thought it all out now, and have gotten to a place where I can go ahead and do it. I'm going to post results here, and have been planning video coverage as well. I have rules that'll be well established for the series. Because of the huge amount of cars, I'm going to feature less track layouts, which means less overall races. It'll still be something like 11 or 15 races instead of the planned 21. I'll have everything laid out with easy explanations. 

Despite not racing, that doesn't take photography off during the break, nor does it mean I won't be posting here. I'm going to see if I can stretch the break to the end of August. We'll see if that works. 

Don't forget to get outside this summer. Stay well.