Tuesday, 17th February, 2026

I should sell the rowing machine. If I’m honest - it’s boring, my free time to use it is the evenings and when I did do that I struggled to go to sleep as all worked up/hot. Maybe at weekends I could use it during the day. I lack discipline/ motivation / incentive to use it.

Speaking to guy at work about it and he immediately said I should sell it. I’m torn as they’re a pain to sell, I keep thinking about in years to come, ie retired, I might want it as an activity to do, and I got mine for a good price. Ugh I dunno. Perhaps I should pack it away into the loft and worry about it another day.

It leads on from a conversation with my wife about sorting out the garage. She does not like it being in there. Wait till I tell her I was thinking of a defender and how that could live in the garage.

The defender is not a light purchase. Getting GAS for something like a MacBook or camera or LEGO trains etc. even a rowing machine is fine as the thing isn’t that big and when I get bored it isn’t overwhelming. The Defender is not that. Especially if it’s the third car. I do worry it’s just a phase, another minor obsession that lasts 1-6 months and then I’m done. The only thing I’ve lasted with is summits on the air.

I like the idea of modifying it myself and making it my own, but then when each bit is £250+, I’m not sure I could do that and in the end just do nothing.

Probably best I don’t.