I haven't been very active the last couple of years due to lack of $$$. Once upon a time, I had a well-paying IT job with lots of overtime. The OT paid for my hobbying. Then my job got eliminated. I was then out of work for 9 months. For the next year and a half, I did some peice work here and there, but not enough to return to enjoy the finer things in life. I finally found another job but the pay is now about 1/2 of what I was making with no OT. It sure beat being unemployed and it now essentially pays the bills. So, when I do hobby nowadays I make sure that I make it worthwhile and unfortunately cannot afford to experiment or TOFTT.