ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
Whats REALLY frustrating is not being able to hunt at all this weekend. Between my church's annual Lords Acre Harvest Festival and out of town house guests, well, I just won't get to make it to the woods. I guess I could but in the interests of domestic tranquility I better not! That just sucks!
LOL - ok
this can ruin a hunt
ORIGINAL: 130woodman
Because we are Men and we have a challenge in front of us and if we are not meeting our goals "seeing deer" we get frustrated.
I understand frustration sucks, I've been there too, we all have. Maybe some people are able to just detach themselves from some of their frustrations. Example. I've played hockey most of my life. I've played on really really good teams and teams that most would just laugh at. There was a period of a few years where I was so intense and so focused on hockey that when we lost, or if I didn't meet my goal/assist expectations that I would just get super Pi$$'d off. After awhile I just got burned out.
It wasn't fun anymore. I got in several fights (both on the ice, and on the bench with my coach) and I knew then that I needed to take a small break to get my head back into things. While I was staying from the Ice, I realized the reasons I love the game and told myself that I wouldn't allow myself to get to that point again with hockey. Last year I got to that point again. I sat down and talked with my coach, who I have a lot respect for off the ice, and he told me that I needed to change the way I looked at things for my own good, both on the ice and off the ice.
I took that to heart and since I've been much more relaxed in many the things I do. I'm still a fierce competitor and my hockey stats have actually improved since, simply because I'm having fun again. Off the ice I've decided to take the same approach to many of the things I do - hunting included. So maybe I have a different point of view on how serious I take things, simply because I've been at the point where I've been ready to quit something I absolutely love.
btw: Give a big cheer for Carthage hockey, we won a big game last weekend in OT. I put in the gamewinner on a breakaway with 16 seconds left in OT!
