Dear fellow hobbyists
I am always looking for forums where I can share the work I do or some of the knowledge I gain through my project or trying to help where I can.
I lost my job in the telecommunication equipment industry during the internet crisis 2000/2001 and have not been able to get employed once an again here in Germany. As a headhunter put it. Being 45 years old is a KO criteria not to be considered anymore. That was painful, so since then I have worked as a freelancer and consultant, but missing the work as a member of a team. So I decided a couple of years into the vain search for a new employment to make myself a project that will work as a red line guide to keep studying, to keep busy and to have a fully organized day that hopefully will make me feel, like i did before, that a day has too few hours.
So I decided to embrace a project to build a sail ship model with the goal to have it capable to navigate a regatta course autonomously. Last year I suffered a stroke, fortunately not a too bad one, so that i became conscious, that my time span left might not be long enough to achieve all goals I want. While to recognize that life time is a limited good, it confirmed me in continuing on the project without aiming to complete if HE does not want it, but that my goal is to keep my busy and experiencing challenges, successes and failures while the way to my goals is the main goal of my activities.
Following this red line I have come in touch with so many areas of knowledge, with so many side projects, that I can confirm I am achieving what my goals were! If you do not mind it, I would like to share with you, going deep into the topics addressed, in a number of threads I plan to open if you do allow me to do so! My usual attitude is, that nobody is forced to read them and they will be clearly identified by myself being the author!
Best regards Hellmut