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To get this train back onto the tracks, I'd like to say congratulations to the OP on tackling that compressor, and good luck with your upcoming adventure. I'm in a similar situation and it really is a paradigm shift in life. For the past couple months we've been prepping the motor home for the future, while selling off 95% of our belongings in the house. Yesterday I told my wife our house looks a lot like a larger version of my first apartment, with only a few pieces of furniture, and things like boxes for nightstands. If all goes well today, our bed frame will be gone and we'll be sleeping on a mattress on the floor tonight. The problem is; the ground is a hel. . . heck, of a lot farther away than it was when I was 19! It'll be a long climb back up from the floor to a standing position. Ahhh, the circle of life.
Soon my 1800sf home on 5 acres, with a shop, and an observatory in the back yard, will be replaced by a 37 foot house on wheels. My "garage and shop" will be the wide open spaces and my observatory will be wherever I set up my scope. Going through all my tools to decide what I'll need, and what I'll think I'll need, to take care of my new home on wheels, a motorcycle, a toad, and two ebikes has been taking place in stages. First stage is making a "need and think I'll need" pile that's way to big, then the process of whittling down begins again. It's a multi stage triage of sorts.
It's a process of letting go of the past, of all the things I spent a lifetime gathering that in so many ways defines who I am, but like the OP said, hope springs eternal, and realizing that, is what helped me cut lose of so many things. I'm sentimental, and struggled with letting go of things thinking of it as a loss. Then I had my paradigm-shift epiphany, it wasn't the end of a large part of my life, it was the beginning of a new adventure and a new life. Suddenly the past wasn't as important as the future, and the "new me" will be defined by what is coming. The issue of what I can, and can no longer do physically, is something I've been prepping for for a while now. I've downsized my motorcycle, and chose a mount for my telescope that breaks down into parts I should be able to lift and assemble as lifting heavy things gets harder. I hope both of these changes will allow me to continue to do the things I love for the next 10-15 years. Yes, hope does spring eternal.
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Tom and Pris M. along with Buddy the 18 year old Siamese cat
1998 Safari Serengeti 3706, 300HP Cat 3126 Allison 3060, 900 watts of Solar.
Dragging four telescopes around the US in search of dark skies.
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