[unofficial weekender] Owning up to your flock ups

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Oh mighty @sundancer… are we getting a new [Unofficial Weekender] this week?

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Oh I think this one is still good for another 5 days 🙂

Let’s not stress ourselves with hobby shall we?

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@sundancer Indeed not.  Hobby is not to be stressed over unless that is something you positively enjoy about doing it.

@pagan8th and everyone else.  If we are missing the usual question and pledge then nothing is stopping those of us who want to making a new pledge for the week.

I’ll also propose a new question which came up during the general discussions over a very good game of Xenos Rampant yesterday:

• We are all aware (hopefully) that negative self-talk isn’t helpful to our mental health.  Why then do we in this hobby (and I was a guilty of it as anyone) so freely use the phrase “Pile of Shame” when referring to the store of hobby products many of us have?  What do you call your hobby store and do you see it as having a positive or negative impact on your hobby?

And, as tradition dictates, now back to the show.

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Wording is important! Hence why I call it

POO – Pile Of Opportunity

POP – Pile Of Potential

Everybody needs to poo and once you pop, you can’t stop. No, I don’t know where I was going with that XD

To me the worst time is when I think “you should be more productive”. But unless you’re a commission painter or something like that there is nothing “productive” in a hobby as such. It should only produce happy feelings.

And it’s ok to take a break of any length.

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I’ve had my fill of paint for today. I’ve been killing mould and then painting over the stragglers.

Waiting for the paint to dry now.

Soon have my kitchen back in a semblance of order.

Right now I’m sitting in a comfy chair (no sign of the spanish inquisition thankfully) and sipping my nth cup of tea of the day (I drink a lot of tea and sometimes lose track of the exact number).

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Pledge:  Get my nearly painted Warriors of Athena party finished and play the first scenario.  Secondary pledge, sell my house.  I’ve got a second viewing booked by some people who saw it on Saturday and I’m doing the tour as they want me to do it, not the agent.  Fingers crossed.

What do you call your hobby store and do you see it as having a positive or negative impact on your hobby?

Answer:  I have made a conscious effort to stop using the phrase “Pile of Shame”.  I’m generally a very positive person and I don’t know how a phrase like that crept in to my everyday usage.  It did and I’ve decided I don’t want it any more so I’m correcting myself if I forget.  By preference I’m using a more neutral “The Pile” or if I’m making a point to myself I’ll say “Pile of Potential/Joy/Enjoyment”.  That is because I’ve thought about it and I’m not ashamed of my pile of hobby stuff.  I’m proud of it.  It has taken years of careful planning and collecting to put it together and I have a huge amount of me invested in it.  When I go and look at my big stacks of RUBs I’m genuinely excited thinking about what is in there and what it will look like when I get it done.  I don’t get a sense of overwhelm as I know many do, but maybe that’s just me.  Therefore my pile has a very positive impact on my hobby.  I love nothing more than having a good root round in there and pulling out some gems for my next project on OTT.  That’s one of the reasons I love the Spring Clean Challenge so much.

And for those of us who find hobby soothing:

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@zoidpinhead – great question! While self-deprecating humour can be motivational, when it takes on a level of genuine shame, you’re right: it’s defeating.

My mountain of madness is always full of potential … for example 😁

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Although it’s not generally in my nature to be upbeat, I have suggestions for the pile…

“An investment in my mental health…”

“Cheaper than a psychiatrist…”

“My security blanket made of metal, plastic and resin…”

“Companion for those lonely times…”

I realise that those are a bit long winded compared to pile of shame, or pile of opportunity.

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“My security blanket made of metal, plastic and resin…”

I know that weighted blankets are a thing but imagining a blanket made from all my metal minis… I’d be dead by daylight XD

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@pagan8th I like where you are going with those but I think you might need to workshop them a bit.  You need a phrase that makes a snappy acronym, like @sundancer ‘s POO.

@grantinvanman My MOM is a mountain of madness so that checks out 😀

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@zoidpinhead I will give it some thought.

But it’s hard to beat POO.

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At the mountain of madness … now that’s a terrifying story by HP Lovecraft. *yikes*

Pile of shame is such a silly name.
Why be ashamed of all the stuff you have for your hobby ?

If it really isn’t brining you any joy thinking about it then you definitely need to do something a little more positive with it.

Maybe all you need is a silly idea or a challenge ?
I heard the spring clean challenge is about to begin …

I say : dig in, grab something out of that pile and see if it can inspire you to greatness (or more money to buy more stuff for your pile 😉 )

(yes .. .this is the voice of the narrator in Darkest Dungeon videogame )

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How about ‘Box Of Opportunistic Bits’?

Too contrived?

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Boxes Of Odd Bits

BOOBS!

 

See what you did there!

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I’m not nearly awake enough for all you clever clogs with your boobs. in fact, I might just need to bow down to their superiority

I started using “stash” a couple of years ago to be a more neutral term – I find pile of opportunity/potential a bit too cringe. Stash for me covers the fact that a) there’s definitely more in there than a Normie would understand and b) have a wee root around in it is fun like @zoidpinhead says.

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