Life By Analogy: Gone Fishin'

I know fisherman of all ages who have committed an entire day to throwing casts, and come home without anything in hand to show for their time and effort...including me.

That is considered a failure if you're fishing, right? To not catch anything is the worst case scenario.

Yet the fisherman always looks forward to the next time out on the water. Why is that?

It's because the fisherman has fallen in love with the process of going fishing. 

The early morning coffee, and stopping at the gas station while it's still dark to fill up the boat, or the intense preparation of tying all the lines the night before and organizing the tacklebox, or studying the lake map to find the best potential spots. 

There is much more to fishing than meets the eye, and its hardly ever about the catch of the day. Every hobby that brings us joy is worth so much more than any payment we could receive for doing it. 

Do you have a hobby that you haven't focused on much because you don't think it's worth your time if you can't make money, etc....Like fishing, there are other things that will bring you just as much joy as money will. 

Sometimes it may even require an investment on your end (kayak, camera, hiking boots, journal) but you'll find the process as a whole is much more than you bargained for.