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How do you keep Middle-earth from taking over your life?

mossy-alder-79

Budget is limited, so I'd rather learn from your mistakes than make them myself.

Not looking for the perfect answer, just what you'd do.

hollow-willow-9

The official docs are better than they look.

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quiet-lichen-7

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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bright-willow-355 more

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

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still-rowan-944 more

bright-willow-35 wrote:

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

The cheap option was fine for years.

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dusky-rowan-12 more

still-rowan-94 wrote:

bright-willow-35 wrote:

The official docs are better than they look.

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wild-birch-16

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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silver-hazel-28

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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bright-yarrow-46

Same experience here.

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amber-beech-223 more

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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amber-beech-222 more

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

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copper-fern-62

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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silver-wren-91

Good question, following.

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copper-heron-19

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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amber-hazel-8614 more

Second this.

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wild-willow-651 more

amber-hazel-86 wrote:

Second this.

Small correction, but the point stands.

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dusky-wren-68

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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amber-hazel-86 wrote:

Second this.

Ha, I thought I was the only one.

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still-thistle-60

sunlit-beech-50 wrote:

amber-hazel-86 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

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dusky-heron-489 more

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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mossy-thistle-492 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

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late-sedge-391 more

Start small and stay consistent. That's really all there is to it.

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amber-fern-8

late-sedge-39 wrote:

Start small and stay consistent.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for.

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slow-heron-483 more

That's fair. I hadn't looked at it that way.

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amber-lichen-912 more

slow-heron-48 wrote:

That's fair.

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

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pale-moth-401 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

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wry-rowan-7

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

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quiet-wren-741 more

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

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quiet-alder-21

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

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tidal-sparrow-40

This deserves its own thread.

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quiet-clover-94

The official docs are better than they look.

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