We Keep Building Because It Keeps Us Sane

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of modeling as a hobby and features a project tracking app to help builders.

A hobby can be the best kind of escape until your workspace fights you, your calendar fills up, and the internet decides a vague press blurb means the sky is falling. We start with what’s been happening at our own benches, including Dave’s push to overhaul a hobby room that has somehow become “anti-modeling,” plus a listener-recommended project tracking app that could genuinely help builders log progress, notes, and next steps. Then we dig into hobby news with real consequences, including th...

People in this episode

Host: Dave

Topics covered

• hobby
• modeling
• workspace
• project tracking
• hobby news

Keywords

• modeling
• hobby room
• project tracking
• hobby news
• escape

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: listener-recommended project tracking app

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