Urge to get outdoors

[HarleyDog]

(05-29-2018, 11:06 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: When I was younger, I spent a lot of time outdoors. Then I got a "real job" and a wife (who doesn't like the outdoors much) and then that dropped off. The past couple of years, though, I've just had this itch to get back out there. Over the weekend, I got a fishing license and now it's all I can think about. I know of a nearby lake where I can go sit with a cooler of beer and fish all damn day. It's all I can think about doing right now. Makes work difficult.

Anyone else had those times where they just couldn't think of anything else than fishing, or really any other outdoor activity, and it made work so difficult?

Your hunger for fishing is awesome. I hate fishing because it's boring to me and plus I suck at it. But I get what your saying. Time to be you for awhile from the outside BS in the world. I read once (can't say where) that men need there escape. I have my mancave, my wife hates it (we'll, she says she doesnt, but hate's how I sometimes stutter when I come back from it). However, I think a lot and have an overactive mind. I need a place sometimes where I can go, be comfortable, and forget what a horrible shitty day I had, or work through a failure or a goal slightly missed. But it's got to be my time. 

There are times my wife comes out with me and although I do enjoy those times greatly, I can't dive into the issues I face because I'm distracted. Solace can be a great rebuilding tool for a man. Life does tear us down and if you don't take the time to re-energize by having it, you can crash and burn by being overwhelmed with it all. 

Go fishing brother.