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| Subject: | Re: Modelling and obsession |  |
| Date: | Sep 28, 2002 |
| From: | Mark Rethoret | |
James,
If a hobby,or any other endevor for that matter, is having an adverse effect on your human interactions I say dump it, drop it, avoid it, and move on to better things. Our lives are far too short to waste on things which will cause us deeper unhappyness. Our friends, family, and faith are the most important things we have while we're here.
On the other hand I've been building models since I was 10 years old. I'm married, have three children, many friends, and a good income as well as several other hobbies. I have had the pleasure meeting any number of hobbyists in similar situations so just being a modeling geek (like me) obviously won't preclude being social. At the same time I think that having time to ourselves (as opposed to isolating ourselves), however you get it, is important and helps keep us sane (more or less;-).
I've never thought that model building has any real redeaming value save that I enjoy it and all the peripheral things related to it. It is after all just a hobby not a "lifestyle".
Mark
(Man, am I getting preachy in my old age or what?!?) |
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 | Modelling and obsession - James Tainton - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Peter Ong - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Andy Herbert - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Tim Streeter - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Ed Kusiak - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . Modelling and obsession - My experience - Herve Charbonneau - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Mark Rethoret - Sep 28, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Tim Streeter - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - MSW - Sep 27, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Perceptions of modelling - tim white - Sep 28, 2002 |
| . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - James Tainton - Sep 29, 2002 |
| . . . . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Tim Streeter - Sep 30, 2002 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Modelling and obsession - Julian Conde - Sep 30, 2002 |
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