A long while!
I've got a long list of priorities not involving airplanes, and I don't have the health (or finances) to get them all done. I'm now preparing to sell off less important projects. It has become obvious that I will never get everything accomplished that I'd like in my lifetime, anyway!
Carl, sometimes selling off projects that may never be completed is a very good thing. I had a basement full of old motorcycles I was going to restore/modify. One was going to get a turbo for the street, another was going to be a 1/4 mile bike, etc. I finally realized that some of these were never going to happen because of time and money, or lack thereof. To my surprise, I made so much money on eBay parting the stuff out, that I bought more bikes to part out. This in turn helped to finance flight lessons and the other projects that did come to fruition. Don't be afraid to decide which projects are important and realistic, then dump the rest. You might be glad you did.
A wise man once told me: "Don't get sentimental about junk. And if it doesn't breath, it must be junk."
