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Really agree with the author's point that there is something fulfilling about inconvenience and struggling. After I started fishing in my spare time, I've had
by nylin93 9y ago
Really agree with the author's point that there is something fulfilling about inconvenience and struggling.
After I started fishing in my spare time, I've had really good days where the fish are hammering my lures and I'm catching them every 10 minutes. Those days always start out well, but towards the end it's almost boring since I know they'll end up biting and there's no sense of accomplishment.
But the days where the fish aren't biting and I have to switch out lures, tie different rigs, and search for the fish make it much more rewarding when I do catch one.
- nine_k 9y agoFishing for sport (not a significant source of food), at your leisure, is a luxury. A well-chosen luxury is bound to be pleasurable, it's the whole point. A washing machine, or running water, or not having to bake one's own bread, are much less of a luxury, closer to basic necessities outside dire poverty. Washing by hand or bringing water from a river may be fulfilling and fun if you choose to do so, and are free to change your choice when you see fit. For basic necessities, it is much less so.