Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How true is this statement in your life.?

There are literally millions of us out here.

How will I find out what I like to do if I don't try it all?

I told my Dad I wanted to grow up and fly jets. He said sorry son you can't do both.

He was right. I never flew with a grown-up.

The question you need to ask is: Why does it bother you?

For me it was envy. I would see someone else with a wall of this, or a chest full of that and wanted the same for myself. So I would get into something and build it all up to find out that I did not have the passion for that thing.

I found myself substituting the results of the passion for the passion itself. I misconstrued what I was looking at. After a dozen times of doing this, I finally figured it out. Now I calmly go into a new thing and give it time. If it is a true passion then I will be able to go slowly and not get bored. If it is a true passion then I will want to teach others. If it is a true passion then I will want to do it even if I can not spend money on it.

Been through a lot of that. Used to live, eat, breath
sixties cars, got so expensive to do (at the levels I
wanted to) that I sold out. Got a bad attitude about
hunting because all the land I grew up hunting on is now in clubs
I either can't afford or won't associate with, so I quit.
Started fishing year-round, joined a club, started fishing tournaments,
did pretty good, got burnt out and started feeling like fishing
was a job. My oldest child got me back into hunting last year,
re-awoke my love for guns and reloading, shooting, which is
how I ended up here...

Shoot, do what you love, try not to obsess over the equipment,
and don't beat yourself up when you don't love it anymore.
Take a break and do something else, it'll come back around
when you're ready

The tide comes in and the tide washes out... That is life...