Because of medical conditions, I sold my big shop a few years back and got away from all the big payments, hiring and keeping decent help, etc. a number of years back and started working out of my garage.... The learning curve for me to do a lot less work and put in less then half the hours I used to was steep... Took a few strokes, some time back in the hospital, and a lot of thinking to get things cut back to where they are now....

Biggest think to learn was accepting the fact that I had to do less if I wanted to live through it.... I'm doing better the last year or so, just had to learn to be comfortable with the pace I have to work at. I tried the doing absolutely nothing but sitting in the house all day for awhile...made it 3 days!!!! Now I do what I can do at a pace that keeps me relatively healthy. Some days that's a lot, some days it's absolutely nothing...

About all I do know is my own stuff, Tom's coupe being the exception. Winter is really a tough time for me, so when Tom picks up his coupe, there's nothing else that HAS TO BE DONE this winter, but enough to keep me going if I'm able to do it.... I can't imagine just flat selling everything and going to a dead stop, think that would be impossible for me. But I also know I can no longer work 70 hours a week and kick out cars at the pace I used to. The best part of the whole deal is that it's no longer work when I'm in the shop, it's fun!! I really enjoy taking my time, working when I can, and getting things done at a pace that won't kill me... Not easy to learn, but in my case it was an essential!!!!