Progress is painfully slow at the beginning, as it is just sooo important to get the early steps right, as everything builds on everything else - make a mis-step at the start and the rest of the effort suffers or has to be scrapped.
You won't be old and grey though, I intend having my personal stuff finished well before the end of the year as a worst case.
I intend to be at this preservation thing for a long time though, I consider the X0 project as purely a first step on the road to preserving the trilogy.
I'm just as bad though, I'm constantly bugging TR47 about when his V2 will be done and out...