……or more correctly, the lack of it.
I’m not talking about sexual passion, although that is also somewhat lacking at the moment; I’m talking about life passion.
I have been soul searching for the last few weeks and somewhere along the way I have realised I’ve lost my passion; it’s just not there anymore. When I was young I had it by the bucketful, I got passionate about just about everything, or so I thought, but now it’s all gone. Hobbies I used to devote hours and hours to are neglected, things I used to plan and dream about have fallen by the wayside, I just don’t have anything that pushes my buttons at the moment.
So, the questions.
What are you passionate about, are there any hobbies or causes or maybe even work that you do with a passion?
Have you lost yours in the past and found it again?
Is it a midlife crisis thing that will pass in time, or is it an age thing set to stay forever?
Or am I just vitamin C deficient and just need a pick-me-up to get me going again?
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I thought i'd lost the passion for my Geocaching/hill walking :cry: but decided to get out in the new year & made the resolution to go every w/end this year :happy: & so far ive been out every saturday or sunday GPS in hand stridding out across the countryside with a somewhat sometime rather reluctant mrs sword 
but as a walks good for you she dont grumble to much :fuckinghell: & I cant wait till the next weekend :thumbup:
but as a walks good for you she dont grumble to much :fuckinghell: & I cant wait till the next weekend :thumbup: well, what can i say?
We are passionate about our hobby, which is Geocaching.... looking forward to some outdoor fun and games in secluded locations lol :happy:
I am Passionate about my work, which i love
and i am passionately in love with all my friends who live in my mobile and my laptop lol :inlove:
so there you have it,
PASSIONATE.......?
YES I AM ...
We are passionate about our hobby, which is Geocaching.... looking forward to some outdoor fun and games in secluded locations lol :happy:
I am Passionate about my work, which i love
and i am passionately in love with all my friends who live in my mobile and my laptop lol :inlove:
so there you have it,
PASSIONATE.......?
YES I AM ...
Quote by de_sade
Dear Confused of Chipping Sodbury,
About this time of year it is very common for folks like yourself to feel down, despondant and generally lacking in vim and vitality. This will pass. Soon the Spring will be here and with it longer days, lighter mornings, attractive people baring themselves to the elements. This should lift your spirits to a point where your vigour (whilst it may no longer be youthful) will be replenished sufficiently to begin where you left off. New hobbies may present themselves, but if they do not and you do not have the sufficient interest in any of your past hobbies and pastimes, do not despair, this is also quite common.
Perhaps other folks reading this thread who feel the same will contact you and it may well be that you all decide to meet up to discuss this apparent lack of vitality over several pints of Sanatogen in the pub and simply fuck each other stupid until you feel yourselves again.
Trusting this advice is of some assistance,
I remain, yours with best regards,
That bloke who doesn't look like a panda.
You just made me smile de-sade, keep that up and i may have to change my views on you
and a pint of sanatogen sounds very good right now
Sex God
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Internetitis
Just what I was thinking. This place, in particular, can be such a diversion, everything you held dear before seems to take second place.
I too feel very listless at the moment - but I know why. Sometimes you just wanna give up dontcha!!
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Quote by Sally-dave
well, what can i say?
We are passionate about our hobby, which is Geocaching.... looking forward to some outdoor fun and games in secluded locations lol :happy:
I am Passionate about my work, which i love
and i am passionately in love with all my friends who live in my mobile and my laptop lol :inlove:
so there you have it,
PASSIONATE.......?
YES I AM ...
Quote by sword
I thought i'd lost the passion for my Geocaching/hill walking :cry: but decided to get out in the new year & made the resolution to go every w/end this year :happy: & so far ive been out every saturday or sunday GPS in hand stridding out across the countryside with a somewhat sometime rather reluctant mrs sword
Off to Google Geocaching..
I'm passionate about life and social issues, bullying, discrimination, (as seen in recent threads), domestic violence and the such...
I'm also passionate about my family - my husband and kids. I'm really passionate about cooking and wish I had more time to do it. I'm a very passionate person and this tends to show in a lot that I do.....
Mind you I agree with others, this time of year is very depressing and can have a knock on effect on the things that normally make you feel good.
I'm also passionate about my family - my husband and kids. I'm really passionate about cooking and wish I had more time to do it. I'm a very passionate person and this tends to show in a lot that I do.....
Mind you I agree with others, this time of year is very depressing and can have a knock on effect on the things that normally make you feel good.
Sex God
Stormy, I’m right there with ya mate and couldn’t have described the malady better if I tried :sad:
You mention hobbies, I used to be so passionate about several hobbies that I seldom had time for anything else, for the past couple of years however the ham radio equipment has been gathering dust in the back of a cupboard somewhere, the shooting sticks have all gone rusty and would probably blow up if I tried to use em, the hiking boots have gone mouldy and all the pressing, then outrageous injustices that used to get me so fired up now seem to leave me cold
I keep telling myself to ‘get out there and do’ but I just cant seem to stir up any enthusiasm / passion anymore. I sometimes wonder if it’s the ‘been there done that’ syndrome and am now doomed to a life of drudgery or if sometime soon something will come along and give me that much needed shot in the arm?
One of my elder sons recently said to me (after beguiling me with yet another one of his hairbrained get rich quick schemes
) “ what the hell is wrong with you dad? You used to be so full of ideas and the entrepreneurial spirit, where’s it all gone?” That set me to thinking and wondering if perhaps a lifetime of failed ventures, unfulfilled potential and just the daily grind and slog to make an honest living does in the end just drain you of the will to go on?
I also believe that the good old politically correct nanny state has a great deal to do with it being purposely designed to stifle the free spirit, to curb the individual for the greater good of the collective ensuring that we all remain good little consumers.
All the interests I ever had have been choked to death by rules, regulations, fees, insurances, requirements, red tape and a generous helping of cotton wool.
The frontier spirit has been bound, swaddled, wrapped up warm and consigned to a padded cell (for it’s own good of course) what’s left? Bored desperation. And then they wonder why a huge persentage of the population spends night after night sitting in front of their telly’s, hifi’s, computers getting pissed out of their brains desperately trying to pretend to themselves that they are actually having a good time :roll:
Have I cheered you up yet :shock:
Don’t worry mate, summers coming, soon as we get some sun on our backs and start getting nekid things will look a whole lot better (yeah right)
Chin up :cheers:
You mention hobbies, I used to be so passionate about several hobbies that I seldom had time for anything else, for the past couple of years however the ham radio equipment has been gathering dust in the back of a cupboard somewhere, the shooting sticks have all gone rusty and would probably blow up if I tried to use em, the hiking boots have gone mouldy and all the pressing, then outrageous injustices that used to get me so fired up now seem to leave me cold
I keep telling myself to ‘get out there and do’ but I just cant seem to stir up any enthusiasm / passion anymore. I sometimes wonder if it’s the ‘been there done that’ syndrome and am now doomed to a life of drudgery or if sometime soon something will come along and give me that much needed shot in the arm?
One of my elder sons recently said to me (after beguiling me with yet another one of his hairbrained get rich quick schemes
) “ what the hell is wrong with you dad? You used to be so full of ideas and the entrepreneurial spirit, where’s it all gone?” That set me to thinking and wondering if perhaps a lifetime of failed ventures, unfulfilled potential and just the daily grind and slog to make an honest living does in the end just drain you of the will to go on?I also believe that the good old politically correct nanny state has a great deal to do with it being purposely designed to stifle the free spirit, to curb the individual for the greater good of the collective ensuring that we all remain good little consumers.
All the interests I ever had have been choked to death by rules, regulations, fees, insurances, requirements, red tape and a generous helping of cotton wool.
The frontier spirit has been bound, swaddled, wrapped up warm and consigned to a padded cell (for it’s own good of course) what’s left? Bored desperation. And then they wonder why a huge persentage of the population spends night after night sitting in front of their telly’s, hifi’s, computers getting pissed out of their brains desperately trying to pretend to themselves that they are actually having a good time :roll:
Have I cheered you up yet :shock:
Don’t worry mate, summers coming, soon as we get some sun on our backs and start getting nekid things will look a whole lot better (yeah right)
Chin up :cheers:
fits & starts!
no, Im trying to describe a medical condition to my Dr here...
though that seems to be how my passions display themselves these days.
not talking sexual here either.
a great deal of the time, i may seem to be simply coasting along... doing what I do, no great shakes, and a simple turn of conversation will have have me running off at the mouth with a previously lost enthusiasm for something I might have forgetten for an age.
>quite to the point of rambling embarrassment too!<
the problem may come in attempting to retain that enthusiasm through the day-to-day to actually get my act together and... well.... act!
quite a large degree of world-weeriness and a dose of cynicism might well temper my approach to previously highly engrossing, indeed sporadically all-encompassing persuits, beliefs etc... though, as I think has been said further up the thread.... they are still there...
and Im quite content in the knowledgethat they may well boyst forth at any moment....
what the hell am I talking about???
lp
edit: I was going to post this last night, with a passion, though the site was looking dodgy, so I had the forsight to save it.... .... .....why?
no, Im trying to describe a medical condition to my Dr here...
though that seems to be how my passions display themselves these days.
not talking sexual here either.
a great deal of the time, i may seem to be simply coasting along... doing what I do, no great shakes, and a simple turn of conversation will have have me running off at the mouth with a previously lost enthusiasm for something I might have forgetten for an age.
>quite to the point of rambling embarrassment too!<
the problem may come in attempting to retain that enthusiasm through the day-to-day to actually get my act together and... well.... act!
quite a large degree of world-weeriness and a dose of cynicism might well temper my approach to previously highly engrossing, indeed sporadically all-encompassing persuits, beliefs etc... though, as I think has been said further up the thread.... they are still there...
and Im quite content in the knowledgethat they may well boyst forth at any moment....
what the hell am I talking about???
lp
edit: I was going to post this last night, with a passion, though the site was looking dodgy, so I had the forsight to save it.... .... .....why?
For the last couple of days I've been awake to see the sun rise. Watching the world get lighter and come to life is wonderful, it makes you realise how small you are and how big it is and how much there is to do and see.
Stormy passion isn't lost and it's not something that comes from outside, it may just be a little burried at the moment but you'll find it again if you look hard enough.
H.x
Stormy passion isn't lost and it's not something that comes from outside, it may just be a little burried at the moment but you'll find it again if you look hard enough.
H.x
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Stormy passion isn't lost and it's not something that comes from outside, it may just be a little burried at the moment but you'll find it again if you look hard enough.
H.x
have to agree with this!
would like to add some encouragement to go out and try some different things! you might be suprised at what passion you have locked up inside for something you diddnt know you liked!
make a list of lots of wacky/normal/amusing things to do (that you have never done) and go do them!
for example!
learn to make sushi
be a trainspotter for a day
try scuba diving / abseiling / rockclimbing (insert adrenaline sport of choice here)
painting / learning to play an intstrument
try something that you have always though hmmm i could never do that or that looks interesting!
on another note excercise helps the endorphine levels (feel good hormones) to increase to go to a gym or take the dogs for a particularly long run along a beach!
hugs anyway :therethere: - i have felt like you in the past and then discovered that if i go out and try new things (even if i had to make myself go) i had a great time and found a new hobby! i'm now a qualified scuba diver and hoping to go on to becoming an instructor. yes i've had to take a break from it due to kids and pregnancy, but hey my youngest is now 6months and as soon as the sea warms up a bit (end of march i should think) i'll be back in the water! - cant wait! :happy:
sally
Quote by Pete_sw
Stormy, I’m right there with ya mate and couldn’t have described the malady better if I tried :sad:
You mention hobbies, I used to be so passionate about several hobbies that I seldom had time for anything else, for the past couple of years however the ham radio equipment has been gathering dust in the back of a cupboard somewhere, the shooting sticks have all gone rusty and would probably blow up if I tried to use em, the hiking boots have gone mouldy and all the pressing, then outrageous injustices that used to get me so fired up now seem to leave me cold
I keep telling myself to ‘get out there and do’ but I just cant seem to stir up any enthusiasm / passion anymore. I sometimes wonder if it’s the ‘been there done that’ syndrome and am now doomed to a life of drudgery or if sometime soon something will come along and give me that much needed shot in the arm?
One of my elder sons recently said to me (after beguiling me with yet another one of his hairbrained get rich quick schemes
I also believe that the good old politically correct nanny state has a great deal to do with it being purposely designed to stifle the free spirit, to curb the individual for the greater good of the collective ensuring that we all remain good little consumers.
All the interests I ever had have been choked to death by rules, regulations, fees, insurances, requirements, red tape and a generous helping of cotton wool.
The frontier spirit has been bound, swaddled, wrapped up warm and consigned to a padded cell (for it’s own good of course) what’s left? Bored desperation. And then they wonder why a huge persentage of the population spends night after night sitting in front of their telly’s, hifi’s, computers getting pissed out of their brains desperately trying to pretend to themselves that they are actually having a good time :roll:
Have I cheered you up yet :shock:
Don’t worry mate, summers coming, soon as we get some sun on our backs and start getting nekid things will look a whole lot better (yeah right)
Chin up :cheers:
Have you been squatting in my mind while I’ve been out? :shock:
You have hit the nail on the head there old chap, I feel like that all the time lately.
Potential, and passion is what’s lacking in my life at the moment, I need a frontier to cross a trail to blasé even a Dragon to slay (although I would far rather ride one) maybe even a boat to sail and a star to guide her by. I can’t help feeling the magic has gone from the world and all that’s left is a grey suited bureaucratic mass sucking the life out of me bit by bit. I have woken from a dream to find myself in a nightmare where ninety year old men have to prove they are over eighteen before they can buy a drink in a shop ffs! :roll:
PS if you are in my mind when I’m out, tidy the place up a bit will you, I can’t find a bloody thing in here.
Sex God
I'm very organised Stormy - shall I come and sort you out? :twisted:
Londonplaything, H-x, t-mann and swindonnewbies, thank you all for taking the time to reply, Winchwench, Fire says she will show you some passion given half a chance.
To the two people who have taken the trouble to pm me I will say two things publicly, first thanks very much for taking the time to do it and share your thoughts with me.
Second, post in the forums more often, don’t be afraid to say what you feel in here we all get it wrong from time to time, but don’t let it stop you expressing an opinion and defending it when you need.
To the two people who have taken the trouble to pm me I will say two things publicly, first thanks very much for taking the time to do it and share your thoughts with me.
Second, post in the forums more often, don’t be afraid to say what you feel in here we all get it wrong from time to time, but don’t let it stop you expressing an opinion and defending it when you need.
You wouldn’t last ten seconds before you ran screaming from all the spelling mistakes.Quote by Stormwalker
Londonplaything, H-x, t-mann and swindonnewbies, thank you all for taking the time to reply, Winchwench, Fire says she will show you some passion given half a chance.
To the two people who have taken the trouble to pm me I will say two things publicly, first thanks very much for taking the time to do it and share your thoughts with me.
Second, post in the forums more often, don’t be afraid to say what you feel in here we all get it wrong from time to time, but don’t let it stop you expressing an opinion and defending it when you need.
:shock: :shock: :shock:
: am I and the others a ghost?? :eeek: Quote by jaymar
Londonplaything, H-x, t-mann and swindonnewbies, thank you all for taking the time to reply, Winchwench, Fire says she will show you some passion given half a chance.
To the two people who have taken the trouble to pm me I will say two things publicly, first thanks very much for taking the time to do it and share your thoughts with me.
Second, post in the forums more often, don’t be afraid to say what you feel in here we all get it wrong from time to time, but don’t let it stop you expressing an opinion and defending it when you need.
:shock: :shock: :shock:
: am I and the others a ghost?? :eeek: Embarrassed of Chipping Sodbury Sorry.
Sex God
Quote by Stormwalker
Stormy, I’m right there with ya mate and couldn’t have described the malady better if I tried :sad:
You mention hobbies, I used to be so passionate about several hobbies that I seldom had time for anything else, for the past couple of years however the ham radio equipment has been gathering dust in the back of a cupboard somewhere, the shooting sticks have all gone rusty and would probably blow up if I tried to use em, the hiking boots have gone mouldy and all the pressing, then outrageous injustices that used to get me so fired up now seem to leave me cold
I keep telling myself to ‘get out there and do’ but I just cant seem to stir up any enthusiasm / passion anymore. I sometimes wonder if it’s the ‘been there done that’ syndrome and am now doomed to a life of drudgery or if sometime soon something will come along and give me that much needed shot in the arm?
One of my elder sons recently said to me (after beguiling me with yet another one of his hairbrained get rich quick schemes
I also believe that the good old politically correct nanny state has a great deal to do with it being purposely designed to stifle the free spirit, to curb the individual for the greater good of the collective ensuring that we all remain good little consumers.
All the interests I ever had have been choked to death by rules, regulations, fees, insurances, requirements, red tape and a generous helping of cotton wool.
The frontier spirit has been bound, swaddled, wrapped up warm and consigned to a padded cell (for it’s own good of course) what’s left? Bored desperation. And then they wonder why a huge persentage of the population spends night after night sitting in front of their telly’s, hifi’s, computers getting pissed out of their brains desperately trying to pretend to themselves that they are actually having a good time :roll:
Have I cheered you up yet :shock:
Don’t worry mate, summers coming, soon as we get some sun on our backs and start getting nekid things will look a whole lot better (yeah right)
Chin up :cheers:
Have you been squatting in my mind while I’ve been out? :shock:
You have hit the nail on the head there old chap, I feel like that all the time lately.
Potential, and passion is what’s lacking in my life at the moment, I need a frontier to cross a trail to blasé even a Dragon to slay (although I would far rather ride one) maybe even a boat to sail and a star to guide her by. I can’t help feeling the magic has gone from the world and all that’s left is a grey suited bureaucratic mass sucking the life out of me bit by bit. I have woken from a dream to find myself in a nightmare where ninety year old men have to prove they are over eighteen before they can buy a drink in a shop ffs! :roll:
PS if you are in my mind when I’m out, tidy the place up a bit will you, I can’t find a bloody thing in here.
Ahhhh kindred spirits, that’s what we are my good fellow :thumbup:
Unfortunately gone are the days when we could don our armour, mount our steeds :shock: and ride off to vanquish the faceless oppressors, …………so what’s left? :dunno:
A boat to sail and a star to guide her by sounds pretty damned good right now, grab everything you hold dear, load it aboard and ship out for new horizons. Feel the wind in your hair, taste the salt on your lips, ride the wind and follow your star. And when you finally get there, build something new and something pure and call it El-Derado……….
Ah, but there are a few considerations:-
Boat x1 ………………………………....x £
Masters ticket x1 ……………………… x £
Certificate of seaworthiness x1.…..…… x £
Lloyds insurance & registration x1…..…x £
Public liability insurance ……………… x£
And all the rest of the red tape crap x1 …x£
Total, ……………………………….... £x,xxx,
Oh well, theres always the dream :roll:
wheres the remote :roll:
Sex God
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Londonplaything, H-x, t-mann and swindonnewbies, thank you all for taking the time to reply, Winchwench, Fire says she will show you some passion given half a chance.
To the two people who have taken the trouble to pm me I will say two things publicly, first thanks very much for taking the time to do it and share your thoughts with me.
Second, post in the forums more often, don’t be afraid to say what you feel in here we all get it wrong from time to time, but don’t let it stop you expressing an opinion and defending it when you need.
:shock: :shock: :shock:
: am I and the others a ghost?? :eeek: Embarrassed of Chipping Sodbury Sorry.
Don't be, I'm ok I have room for one more dent to my happiness! ! lol :therethere:
Sex God
I can't answer yer question on geocaching my friend, jellybelly666 (what a great name!), but I am going to thank you for resurrecting this thread.
One reason is that I've seen the OP smiling and having a good time sometime since he posted originally. That gives me some hope and reassurance. :thumbup: Stormie.
The second is that I was feeling down this time last year as well. And I have been feeling similarly so far this this year - could it be the time of year???...
Well no. Because last weekend we had a visit from some lovely friends hereabouts who've perked me year up no end!!
Life is a series of swings and roundabouts. You've just got to stay on 'em!!
.
One reason is that I've seen the OP smiling and having a good time sometime since he posted originally. That gives me some hope and reassurance. :thumbup: Stormie.
The second is that I was feeling down this time last year as well. And I have been feeling similarly so far this this year - could it be the time of year???...
Well no. Because last weekend we had a visit from some lovely friends hereabouts who've perked me year up no end!!
Life is a series of swings and roundabouts. You've just got to stay on 'em!!
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