Originally Posted by
Williamsmith
Keep your fishing stuff. The passion may come back. This might become hard....as a minimalist you will be naturally prone to letting it go.
It may take many years before interest returns. I started playing guitar seriously in 1980. My passion for playing varied depending on my stress level. It was most enjoyed during low stress times but was used as a stress reliever during other times.
However, in post traumatic stress disorder it is common to lose your passion completely for a time until healing has occurred. That is was happened to me. I did not touch my guitar for long periods and when I did it was without joy.
Now I am very actively playing, learning new things and accepting that my skill level is well below where I'd like to be.
As a lifelong hunter, my passion for it was never greater than when I was a teen and just beginning. I was a loner. Later it turned into a social activity. As we age, are brains are altered chemically. Some things that used to trigger pleasure no longer do. Time is the only way to really determine this.