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I know a lot of guys who love fishing and can't seem to understand why I don't. When I was younger, I geared up and fished quite a bit. Once I became successful

I know a lot of guys who love fishing and can't seem to understand why I don't. When I was younger, I geared up and fished quite a bit. Once I became successful at the sport I began to realize I wasn't having as much fun as everybody was telling me I should have been having because I was actually catching fish. Then it dawned on me, what joy I initially had when I started fishing had run it's course. So, I moved on and was relieved of almost forcing myself to have fun at fishing. My hobby thrill now is computers and electronics. After many years I still am having fun and don't see any changes in future, but who knows?

kajecounterhack 4y ago
Totally resonate with this. I'm still in love with fishing, but it's like once you've caught a 10lbs bass, bass fishing doesn't feel that interesting anymore. It's weird but fair to think that one day I may no longer enjoy fishing.
ycombinete 4y ago
This is the same for me. I have realised that once I begin drifting into the gear + talking parts of a hobby, my interest in the doing parts of the hobby are waning, and I'll probably stop enjoying it shortly. I can either take a break, or continue pursuing the novelty of the hobby through acquisition of the gear; but this is actually a very stressful way to interact with a hobby. It's a cycle though and after a break I come back to enjoying the doing parts. I have a bunch of hobbies that circle around in various levels of "doing decay".
mnky9800n 4y ago
this is me but for magic the gathering and dungeons and dragons. it used to be fun but now it is not. and i sat wondering why it wasn't fun for years until i decided i don't even need to know WHY i just needed to accept that it was true and find other things to do.
hackeraccount 4y ago
Maybe it's because I was never very good at it (I went perhaps a dozen times) but that's why I enjoyed fly fishing. The fun for me was picking some place in the river (theoretically one that I thought might contain a fish) and trying to get the fly there. That was tricky enough for me to provide a lazy days entertainment. I might even catch a fish.

kajecounterhack 4y ago

Totally resonate with this. I'm still in love with fishing, but it's like once you've caught a 10lbs bass, bass fishing doesn't feel that interesting anymore. It's weird but fair to think that one day I may no longer enjoy fishing.

ycombinete 4y ago

This is the same for me. I have realised that once I begin drifting into the gear + talking parts of a hobby, my interest in the doing parts of the hobby are waning, and I'll probably stop enjoying it shortly. I can either take a break, or continue pursuing the novelty of the hobby through acquisition of the gear; but this is actually a very stressful way to interact with a hobby. It's a cycle though and after a break I come back to enjoying the doing parts. I have a bunch of hobbies that circle around in various levels of "doing decay".

mnky9800n 4y ago

this is me but for magic the gathering and dungeons and dragons. it used to be fun but now it is not. and i sat wondering why it wasn't fun for years until i decided i don't even need to know WHY i just needed to accept that it was true and find other things to do.

hackeraccount 4y ago

Maybe it's because I was never very good at it (I went perhaps a dozen times) but that's why I enjoyed fly fishing. The fun for me was picking some place in the river (theoretically one that I thought might contain a fish) and trying to get the fly there. That was tricky enough for me to provide a lazy days entertainment. I might even catch a fish.