I think it's time to give my poor brain a rest because I don't think a day has gone by for months where I haven't been thinking about something to do with pedals!  I'm also tryin' to do a degree that has nothing to do with electronics in the slightest...so both interests are fighting for the same small piece of brain real-estate.

Anyhow, I'll be back at the end of semester when the heat is off...

Thanks  

Have a nice rest!
I think I need a holiday too, cause I've been working and studying for two years with no breaks...

I feel your pain, my friend.

Take week off if you can, makes you see things in perspective

I'm still resting.

Very wise decision.

I also needed a break from building things some time ago (still taking it easy...) and life (my work) helped me to do it. So I know what you mean.

Now, after almost a year and a half off, I began to think again about building things, but without having that in my thoughts 24 hours a day... (I'm the kind of guy to do only one thing at a time, but to do it all the time  :? ).

Now, I am trying to change my old habits,  and still have fun.

Take care, and come back when you're ready.

Gilles

After going on assimilation 'binjes', [like reading schematics and tech of articles etc], my brain goes into 'new application' mode. :arrow:
 This tends to be a somewhat frenzied state, where relatively large currents of info are juggled, assessed, assembled in myriad fashion...every abstract encarnation is evaluated...I don't know if it's just me, but I get these really complex sim programs running...and can bring them up quickly [they kind of get to running anytime brain space frees up]. :idea:
  It seems once a program [like "Brain-sim schematic"] is 'loaded' , it kind of takes over a portion [in my case frequently a large portion] of the minds computing capacity. To the point where running a very simple program like 'blank page' keeps getting cluttered. It becomes more and more difficult to just have a 'normal' conversation without relating to the mind wandering into the higher thinking program that takes up the most 'program' space. :shock:
 I'ts not at all like a hardware computer where you can simply hit delete, or Ctrl/Alt/Delete, then just reformat. :?
 anyway as you can see, my brain gets clutterred, I found out that for me DIYSB is quite addicting...[being the obsessive compulsive I am], fortunalely, it's a fairly clean habit !
  I've been doing well just watching others drop money on the bench for ingredients, [I don't think I ever exceeded  40$ a week average on this stuff, ..not too bad], build stuff and buzz about with it...
  I've cut wayy back, I doubt I'll ever completely quit though...
  Right now the Thunderchief is beckoning for more perf, solder, sockets, etc...
  I actually managed to run out of ingredients for almost a month  

QuoteAnyhow, I'll be back at the end of semester when the heat is off...

My schedule dosen't have room for "me time" either.
I'll see you all after my final exams (~1 month from now).

Until then..............

I am kind of burned out myself and am "sort of" on a break. I was building one or more circuits a week for a while there... But now, I am getting more into goofing around with ideas than building stuff these days. I have all the pedals I could possibly want or need at this point. There are a few more complicated builds I would like to attempt sometime in the future. Sometimes a project I don't really intend to build (at first) will just come together, quickly and easily - kind of like my Firefly build not too long ago, which is always nice.

Anyway, I am on kind of on a break status. As it is, life in general keeps me quite busy - full time job, wife, 2 year old, an infant, church, etc., etc.

Best of luck on your other priorities during your break!

I understand all too well and couldn't agree more that breaks are sometimes the best medicine for today's all too busy schedules.

I'll be looking forward to your return!      

Take care,
-Peter