Alcohol, The cause and solution to all life's little problems. "Homer"
Former endeavors that used to give joy and are fleeting now...
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Used to run 100 mile ultramarathons, then got older and couldn't compete to win so no longer fun. Shooting was awesome until I got burned out because I had to do it for work...no longer that fun. Used to backpack hunt alone for days or weeks up at tree line 11.5 feet...no longer fun to do it alone.
Actually seeing your shoelaces while tying them, without getting short of breath.
I'm at the point now where I don't enjoy(or look forward to) anything. Work is stagnant, wife hasn't been able to find work, and there just isn't any light in the tunnel. I've quit hunting, shooting, shop work, going out, literally everything except lifting. Seems like I'm not the only one though, I appreciate that 
Lifting/physical exercise is good.I'm at the point now where I don't enjoy(or look forward to) anything. Work is stagnant, wife hasn't been able to find work, and there just isn't any light in the tunnel. I've quit hunting, shooting, shop work, going out, literally everything except lifting. Seems like I'm not the only one though, I appreciate that
It might be hard to see but I promise you that there IS light at the end of the tunnel.
Trying to stabilize gainful employment with my wife has also been a challenge over the past few years. And it's not her fault either (and at times I've had to remind myself that). Prior to COVID she was able to break into an industry to use her degree. COVID happened and she was laid off at least once initially when everything was shut down.
Things started opening up and she was called back and then the business owner changed directions a year or so afterwards and then she got laid off again (this time for good with that employer). Oh I think it was also either a week or two before Christmas that this happened.
It took almost a year to bounce back from that (thank goodness we had prepared ourselves for such a contingency to keep the lights on and food coming in once the meager unemployment ran out). But eventually she landed new employment, and not just a 'job', but a career/position better than she ever thought possible and it's been a real blessing ever since.
The future is bright and once you turn the cornered get your wife back at work, things will turn around faster than you think and things will be better than you remember them being before
Keep the faith brother, you've got this/your wife's got this and you're only one phone call away from this present struggle being a distant memory in your rearview mirror.
-LD
I used to play board games, card games, and cribbage with my uncle…a lot. Every Christmas, any other holiday.
When he passed, I haven’t touched a single one of those games. Still have them, but can’t bring myself to sit with others and do that. I know I should, but I just don’t. It’s like that part of me died with him.
quite drinking about 6 years ago. was turning from a hobby into a habit,so..played contract bridge a lot for about 5-6 years. stopped via covid when the formal clubs required the vax to play. sold all my offshore tackle so i couldn't go back to it. was getting way too expensive @ around $500/day in total. my HG level got pretty high too. still shoot frequently but not really hot for it anymore. may not continue after range membership runs out. been doing all 3 types almost 70 yr so...will keep enough stuff for personal protection but doubt long term survivability in a real SHTF social collapse.
As long as you go down swinging.
When I was studying Tae Kwon Do, upper tests like brown belt might require you to spar with 3 people. TLDR: you will get your butt kicked but you can make at least two of them pay for it.
