Well, I had been cutting back on things for a while to try and move my rc hobby forward. Now I've actually given some up.
I design and build boats, but it's an expensive hobby and I'm poor so I design, build one and sell the rights to the design to fund the very design itself, all the while trying to keep the original build out of the sale. In the end that's 50 \ 50 and the ones I don't lose, I have to sell to fund the next idea. Officially quit. Next boat will take time for lack of funds, but it's staying home.
I'm giving up motorcycle work and collecting any more, but not riding. I've been buying, receiving or trading for old junk bikes that I fix up, for fun, 2 out of 3 get sold so I can keep one. I have way too many and have much less than I want. Troube is, I'm not so young and I'm out of room. Also looking to sell our place and move to a much smaller house somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
I do custom gunsmithing and I'm not giving that one up. I'm very selective of my projects and don't take on many as it is. I'm also ridiculously overpriced and that helps keep the hassle down. There is good money in it, but Uncle Sam gets the larger portion by far.
I also travel a little each year and assist with full scale restoration and repair on the client's dime. No money here, just a hobby, but it costs me nothing and I do love every minute and it brings about opportunities i would otherwise never know. It's all privately owned and funded, but it's big as life to me. Not much of my year goes into this hobby so it's not a big investment and rc has always been welcomed.
This will be my last season of racing. It 'was' inexpensive and fun. It's still fun, but less so and beginning to get expensive now that big money is getting into it. It's just off road rally, no big screen event or anything, but where there's fun competition, there will soon be spoiled sports. They're even amending the 1100 investment rule for next season. The hobby has been bought, but not transferred yet. I don't plan for my 86 volvo 744+tic to survive these last 2 races. Ok, yes, I'm also the oldest racer and let's be honest, it's time.
Hopefully I'll have more time to fish