Should my hobby be causing me stress? The past week, I have been dealing with my own peculiar mental issues. As I have stated previously, I am running a local Journeyman League. As such, I have put pressure on myself to have painted and built models at each stage. This particular goal has recently bumped up against my detail oriented self. I always have to do my very best when I paint models. There is never a model that I just get the basics on and say, "Good enough". Many times my minis look as though this has been my attitude, the intention to have a perfect model was there. I am the guy that highlights everything and uses 12 colours on a model. While that is fine while I putter through an army in my basement, it is a source of stress when there is a deadline. I have a deadline and I am about to miss it by a country mile.
I have worked all week on a max unit of Mage Hunter Strike Force and UA and I just can't seem to get them ready for tonight's game. I haven't watched any hockey or read any books. It is all nose to the grindstone. But, there are so many and they are so detailed, I just couldn't blow through them. Arrgh! Now I am forced to take a tray full of wonderfully painted resin bases with no models on them to game night. The shame!
Clearly, I need to think a little bit harder the next time I put my anal retentive self into a situation where I have quotas AND deadlines on my hobby.
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