There is no help. The factory is the only thing there is.
I am not even on 1500 hours yet but sometimes i just need a mental break from the game and that period varies... Greatly. I always come back and longing so much for the expansion.
My poor brain can only take so much abuse from more advanced mods. When i look at what i have to build next and I see that it will be days of building without reaping the reward, my brain says "not today".
But yes, the factory is always growing if not in the computer, it is in my brain.