Long journey big reward?

Yes the heading is the question. 

The result:
A personally designed and constructed hand made acoustic dreadnought guitar.

Reason:
     I understand that I have started a lot of things in my life so far and most of those things sit piled up in the stacks of my mind, unfinished. I think most of the reason for these things being shelved is due to a lifelong battle with inner demons that had a tendency to sidetrack not just my hobbies and projects, but my career, my health, my direction, and most importantly my relationships.
But for today... those inner bastards are at bay.  So what is a better time than now to start a new goal that's seemingly unattainable?  I guess I will never know.

Expectations:
     First off I expect this to be time consuming and for that reason I am not putting a goal completion date on this. From all of the blogs and forums I've read this seems to be the common theme. Lots of time!

     Secondly, and probably most important, is I expect (and am in fact guaranteed) to learn a lot. I have very little if any carpentry experience. Especially in the realm of fine carpentry and finishing. Therefore, see first reason.

     Third, I hope to gain a new level of patience. Most things I do I will tend to rush and do a shabby job at. There is no rushing the process of slowly bending the woods for body curvature or the finishing process. I think everything involved will require a deep level of patience that I am completely unfamiliar with.

     Last but not least, I need to realize that what I am creating is probably not going to be a luthier's dream. It is more than likely going to be a mess, to the likes of a cheap walmart guitar, but I still get to say I built it.

So, to start this off, this fine February of 2014, I am going to post my resources and initial plan. There is an unbelievable amount of information and help out there, even from very established luthiers. It seems they are just willing to help, after all I doubt they are concerned someone like me will steal their business! Please also know that this blog is for me and my writing is sub par. Also my language can be sharp at times and sometimes downright offensive. This isn't intended toward any person, just the venting of frustration. I know this about me, I'm working on it.