OldDan1943
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2017
- Messages
- 10,652
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Kinja
- Vessel Make
- American Tug 34 #116 2008
Think boredom is always a possibility and the trip should be as engaging as the destination. As said by many there’s a difference between stress and anxiety. A certain amount of periods stress brings the best out of you. Makes you play your best game. At such time that boating becomes Ho hum I’ll probably leave the activity and move on to another experience that causes me to continuously learn and grow.
Although there’s joy in a placid tranquil transit there’s also merit in the more demanding ones. When sitting around with other cruisers bending elbows those are the ones that come up in conversation. Continue to contend stress is a good thing. Makes you grow. Anxiety is the counterproductive emotion. Important to not confuse the two.
There are many here who have experienced stressful situations and offered ways to mitigate impact and offered ways they’ve learned to avoid them. No one poster excels in this activity . Many here in their professional lives have routinely dealt with periodic stressful situations and have learned to not let stress be converted into anxiety. Many here in their boating lives have learned that skill as well. Folks here have gone round the world, been long term live aboards, crossed oceans, done the loop, rebuilt boats as they’ve traveled through areas with little or no outside support. So many opportunities for stress but little response with anxiety. The get her done attitude goes a long way to having fun messing around in boats. People come to that attitude in many different ways. None is better than another as long as you get there.
Ah yes the joy and excitement of doing wheelies in the ocean then launching yourself and the boat, launching out of orbit. Ah yes, the smile and happiness you have as the passengers are screaming in fear.
Let’s see you do that on a dry land parking lot and not hit anything.
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