I used to religiously backup my server every week.  Sometime twice to thrice a week.  Its been months since the last one.  Doing it now.

Priorities shift when you get older.

And PS I could automate the backup but then id have to keep my USB drive on all day.  I don’t keep it on much at all(only during backups) so it will last a LONG time.

I guess manual backups are a downside to that, but the backup will last quite a long time then.