Losing interest

[Grungedude42]

Guys,
I admit, it's getting harder to give a crap about the game. This winter was just nasty, totally unplayable if you didn't want to risk ankle injuries or freeze to death or whatever. The spring rolled around, and it's been a complete wash out. Just floods straight into mosquito season. Totally lost interest in competitive play, I have better things to do for eight to ten hours than play two rounds and stand around on pads while bored. Casually, I just seem to want to do other stuff when I could be discing.

I've lost my spark for the game. Help me get revved up again.

 

[depster]

DISC OR DIE!!!!

 

[Streets]

This helps me some days.

 

[MrFixIt]

I'm in the same boat Grunge. No time or weather worthy during the winter, been so busy this spring that I don't have time to play, and just generally being tired when I do have time that I just say *f* it.

I've been trying to psych myself up by going thru the bins and looking at all the discs that I have that haven't been thrown.

 

[WhiteyBear]

Quit and play something else, if you really did enjoy it you'll come back around. Somtime's you just need a break.

 

[JC17393]

Guys,
I admit, it's getting harder to give a crap about the game. This winter was just nasty, totally unplayable if you didn't want to risk ankle injuries or freeze to death or whatever. The spring rolled around, and it's been a complete wash out. Just floods straight into mosquito season. Totally lost interest in competitive play, I have better things to do for eight to ten hours than play two rounds and stand around on pads while bored. Casually, I just seem to want to do other stuff when I could be discing.

I've lost my spark for the game. Help me get revved up again.

Go with it. Find something else for a while. The game's not going anywhere, you can come back to it eventually. I mean, if you can't get yourself motivated to play, then it ceases to be "play", doesn't it?

I know it might be sacrilege to say on a forum like this, but disc golf isn't all there is to life. Feel free to live it doing something else, even if it's for a short time.

Yeah, I know this isn't what you're asking for here, but sometimes it can help just to be told that you're not wrong to not want to play.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Guys,
I admit, it's getting harder to give a crap about the game. This winter was just nasty, totally unplayable if you didn't want to risk ankle injuries or freeze to death or whatever. The spring rolled around, and it's been a complete wash out. Just floods straight into mosquito season. Totally lost interest in competitive play, I have better things to do for eight to ten hours than play two rounds and stand around on pads while bored. Casually, I just seem to want to do other stuff when I could be discing.

I've lost my spark for the game. Help me get revved up again.

You need to have some fun out there it sounds like. F the events and do YOU. Take a couple unconventional/old discs "from back in the day" and go play a course you can master.

I am with you on the winter and spring crap for sure and as far as life goes its why I don't really compete in sanctioned events. My weekends aren't really free for discing but I love to get out there early in the AM with the birds and just enjoy shaping shots, missing putts, and maybe smoke a cigar!

Make it about being time for YOU and a little get away from everything around. I often" un-plug" even from the phone during these times to really zone into it. Also can use DG as a workout if you set up a routine. I play a local course where not many players ever are and have a few things I do each hole like a training course. Self improvement at any level from DG skill to overall athletic shape always makes a person want more!

Good luck man.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Western Michigan Road Trip... or St Louis for that matter.
Draw a 5 hour circle around Indy and look for the most appealing courses.

 

[Kodachrome]

I would stop playing for a couple weeks and come back with some beers and buds.

 

[adamtheviking5]

everytime I watch the "urban disc golf project 3" video I want to take my basket to the open air mall that night! its that sweeeeeet, sweet inspiration. check it out.

 

[ru4por]

I would stop playing for a couple weeks and come back with some beers and buds.

Some would get uptight with this response, but I think chrome is onto the right idea. Sometimes we get too wound up in the game itself and forget the reasons we love the game. I am all about the chance to see friends, get outside, get in a walk, see some wildlife and put some of the daily stress of work, family, and life behind me. Bad day of disc golf sure beats a good day of yardwork.

 

[Grungedude42]

Yeah, work's been insane lately, and it's really hard to get out by myself with two small kids. Probably suffering from some generalized burn out. Got a few days off coming up, maybe I can just get some rounds in and break the funk. Maybe some putter rounds or something.

 

[Stardoggy]

What AIM said. Get out early (like 7am) on a Saturday or Sunday morning, and throw a couple solo rounds by yourself. Enjoy the nature, unwind, throw 15 shots on one hole if you want, putt 10 times, just sit on a bench at hole 12 and listen to it all...just you and the course. While I enjoy tournaments and playing in groups...honestly my favorite rounds are the ones I described above. Nobody pushing you, barely keeping score (if at all)...just chuckin' plastic. Wooded pitch n putt courses are perfect.

I'm pretty sure I'll be doing that this weekend.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

I'm pretty sure I'll be doing that today.

:thmbup: ya dig!

 

[goosefraba1]

Grunge... haven't heard from ya for awhile. It is natural to lose interest in something. Use that time for something else until you get the urge to play again. You will get the itch if it is something you love to do.

How's that car coming along?

 

[Grungedude42]

The car is just waiting for some simple stuff to at least get back on its wheels. There's a major financial cliff to finishing the motor swap, which will frankly have to wait until day care bills cease in a few years.

 

[Jukeshoe]

Guys,
I admit, it's getting harder to give a crap about the game. This winter was just nasty, totally unplayable if you didn't want to risk ankle injuries or freeze to death or whatever. The spring rolled around, and it's been a complete wash out. Just floods straight into mosquito season. Totally lost interest in competitive play, I have better things to do for eight to ten hours than play two rounds and stand around on pads while bored. Casually, I just seem to want to do other stuff when I could be discing.

I've lost my spark for the game. Help me get revved up again.

Dude, don't fight it. Just put it outta your mind, do some other thing(s) for a while, and when it feels right, you'll know it. :thmbup:

I've gone through spells where I've played so much I've just had tons of lingering nagging injuries, got worn down physically and mentally, started sucking (worse than usual), and stopped having fun.

After a bit of time off, I always come back with fresh energy and perspective.

I hope you are able to do the same!

 

[goosefraba1]

Dude, don't fight it. Just put it outta your mind, do some other thing(s) for a while, and when it feels right, you'll know it. :thmbup:

I've gone through spells where I've played so much I've just had tons of lingering nagging injuries, got worn down physically and mentally, started sucking (worse than usual), and stopped having fun.

After a bit of time off, I always come back with fresh energy and perspective.

I hope you are able to do the same!

This... and i would recommend sticking around with this community... and PIF for that matter

 

[HyzerUniBomber]

ife should be lived with a hunger for what you're passionate about and if you are feeling the fires dying - find something new and exciting to you. I've gone through a ton of interests that lasted anywhere from a few years to decades: tennis, rock climbing, mountain climbing, back country skiing, mountain biking, hockey, and now disc golf.

It's fun to experience new places and achieving goals and once the love is gone - at least for me - I start looking for something new. And who knows, sometimes it just takes a little breather to re-light the fire.

Good luck and if you want to buy some climbing gear, I have boxes full of it!

 

[smitdavi]

What AIM said. Get out early (like 7am) on a Saturday or Sunday morning, and throw a couple solo rounds by yourself. Enjoy the nature, unwind, throw 15 shots on one hole if you want, putt 10 times, just sit on a bench at hole 12 and listen to it all...just you and the course. While I enjoy tournaments and playing in groups...honestly my favorite rounds are the ones I described above. Nobody pushing you, barely keeping score (if at all)...just chuckin' plastic. Wooded pitch n putt courses are perfect.

I'm pretty sure I'll be doing that this weekend.

I feel like Honey Bear is calling his name.