The worst part about having so many ideas at once is not having enough parts to make them, so they just float around your brain until you get the parts you need.

Especially when you see someone else's build and you think, "gee that's something I would like to try" then you realise that your three unique pieces are nowhere near enough and are being used in other projects anyway. Attempts to try other methods end up being so bulky it looks strange so you just give up.

I prefer not to copy another mocers idea. But we all do what's best for our building style.

Happens to me from time to time... Sometimes you just kind of force yourself to build stuff... It also depends on the weather, etc...days now are so short and sleepy.

The worst part about having so many ideas at once is not having enough parts to make them, so they just float around your brain until you get the parts you need.

No, the worst is when you have a great idea, but no time or parts to do it, so you just think about it and get really excited to finally try it, and then you spend a lot of money on parts, and finally get some time, really excited, parts come in the mail, oh yes, finally! And then... It doesn't work/won't fit/looks bad... Very unfortunate.

Indeed

To me, prolonged MOCing sometimes causes burnout in me as well. A project must never drag for too long (say, over 2 months). There are always stuff to improve upon for a work-in-progress and and would prevent myself from overbuilding . As a remedy, I usually allow myself a timeout of few days to a week and revisit my halfway done creation and view it from a fresh perspective .

To me, prolonged MOCing sometimes causes burnout in me as well. A project must never drag for too long (say, over 2 months).

Agreed. I only just barely scrapped a SHIP I had been working on. I just discovered since it had taken so long to get even halfway, I had no real drive to finish it.

This is only my second post (just introduced myself yesterday) but when I stumbled across this thread it resonated with me so much!

Not enough time or bricks is an everlasting problem, but I think the "burnout" feeling for me is just the frustration of having more ideas than I will EVER have time or bricks to realise.

All the ideas whirling loosely around in the brain is actually rather stressful (and LEGO is supposed to be for fun!) but recently I've made it a bit easier on myself by keeping a little notebook. It is divided into three "ideas" sections: Major Builds, Medium Builds, and Quickie Builds. These are then sub-divided into three more categories: Not Fully Planned or Thought Out, Fully Planned but Don't Have the Parts and, finally, Planned and Ready to Go!

Depending on my mood and available time, I check my lists and choose a project. I even keep this notebook by my bedside for sudden, middle-of-the-night inspirations. (How sad is that?)

Always happens to me after Christmas.

My "burnout" usually comes from a physical base, i.e. the pads on my thumbs become sore from pressing the bricks together and then I just get tired of building anything. Always resolves itself once my thumbs have recovered.

Just uploaded pictures to bricksafe and feel the burden lift off my shoulders. I have been burning and burning on this moc for too long and burn out. Some nights I might fiddle for a little bit and be satisfied with the placement of three parts. Now I can take a break for a day or two then start a new, less ambitious project.

Burnout got to me this weekend... I guess the TC5 took more out of me than I thought.... Still have to get my s**** together, have a special model coming for christmas...