What is it?

[Jackbass]

Just always think there is room for improvement. I said I don't make a lot of money. My life is by no means perfect. We are just trying to put ourselves in a position later in life that will provide for us. If everything is totally satisfactory then where do you go? I can fish better. I can be more efficient at work. I can make my customers happier and sell more to them. I can't be good enough for my daughter. I am very good to her. But that is something you constantly learn more about doing. I suppose that is one of the reasons I love fishing. It is the only time I really get to put everything out of my head and try not to think about everything else.
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[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Jackbass

I suppose that is one of the reasons I love fishing. It is the only time I really get to put everything out of my head and try not to think about everything else.
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Exactly. Which is why it is important not to turn it into just another pursuit to be satisfied, some sort of goal or milestone to be achieved.
The bit about a 45-50lb fish not being enough to satisfy you is concerning. It (as well as getting angry at a clueless kid) indicates you are going at fishing hard like you go at the rest of your life, with success defined by goals.......doing that may make you "successful" (you may get the big fish you want) but it also will make fishing just like the rest of your life. Eventually that gets old and you'll move on to something else.......because what you really need is not another quest for elusive satisfaction, rather it is a break from that impossible quest. Taking that break is what clears your mind. Fishing does that if you let it, but you are perilously close to messing it all up.

There is nothing wrong with goals, but as the great white bucket guy said, "The joy is in the journey not the destination".