> If you're willing to follow the rabbit hole deep enough, woodworking turns out to be about as deep as computer science. If you think you know everything there is to know about woodworking, you probably don't know much about woodworking.
Every once in awhile, I throw up my hands at my computer and tell myself that I'm going to quit and become a carpenter, instead.
LOL there's a difference between woodworking and being a carpenter. Probably 90% of carpenters build cookie cutter houses same thing every day. On the other hand there's probably not very many people in the whole world who know what ornamental turning and geometric chucks are, much less actually do it.
One wood supply shop nearby me is apparently haunted by people who make wood pens. That's it. They just make really cool looking homemade pens. They have tons of gear and parts and supplies specifically for that kind of work.
Another example, there's a guy named Roy Underhill who's been doing mostly traditional jointery on a PBS show continuously since 1979. Over 400 episodes and still going. 200 hours just of one obscure historical corner of woodworking.
Then there's carving, pyrography aka woodburning...
Rather than ambitionlessness I use it to avoid thinking about a problem for awhile when I get stuck. Not pure procrastination, but there's a whole class of bugs that can only be identified by a fresh mind and the longer you stare the less likely you'll see it unless you take a break. Donno if I should be encouraged or discouraged by all the furniture (and scrap wood) I've made.
Every once in awhile, I throw up my hands at my computer and tell myself that I'm going to quit and become a carpenter, instead.
Now I need a new less-ambitious ambition.