Help motivate me fellas
.Ive really been struggling lately with the thought of giving up on DJing.
Im just burned out and when I think about things, I come up with one positive and whole list of negatives and reasons why I should give it up.
The one positive: nothing like the high you get from flowing and hitting the perfect line.
But it seems like all of the negatives outweigh that feeling, that high. Even the last few times Ive been out, I couldnt seem to get that high back. I left feeling more frustrated and burned out than ever. The joy, the giddiness of being able to ride is just not there anymore.
The tons of work it takes to maintain the spot. The amount of work it takes to build a new spot closer to home. I cant ride to our spot, I have to drive. Only a very select few ever do any work leaving it all to the few of us who do. Falling and getting hurt. Ive got a bruise on my leg that been there for 4 months. Other nagging injuries from falls. Seeing and hearing about other guys falling and getting really jacked up. More and more time constraints, less time to ride. Less riding means being rusty and sketchy when you do get out there. Increasing the chances of injury. Breaking parts and the $$ it takes to replace them. My age. Getting a four hour time slot to go ride and spending 3.5 hours of that doing maintenance. When I finally got on the bike, I was wiped out and could only get in a few runs. Blah.
I took a long break this summer because of these reasons and when I went back to it, it just wasnt the same. Im really thinking about just selling my bike and giving it up for an extended period, maybe for good.
How do you guys handle the burn out? How do you stay motivated or find the motivation to keep going?
Im just burned out and when I think about things, I come up with one positive and whole list of negatives and reasons why I should give it up.
The one positive: nothing like the high you get from flowing and hitting the perfect line.
But it seems like all of the negatives outweigh that feeling, that high. Even the last few times Ive been out, I couldnt seem to get that high back. I left feeling more frustrated and burned out than ever. The joy, the giddiness of being able to ride is just not there anymore.
The tons of work it takes to maintain the spot. The amount of work it takes to build a new spot closer to home. I cant ride to our spot, I have to drive. Only a very select few ever do any work leaving it all to the few of us who do. Falling and getting hurt. Ive got a bruise on my leg that been there for 4 months. Other nagging injuries from falls. Seeing and hearing about other guys falling and getting really jacked up. More and more time constraints, less time to ride. Less riding means being rusty and sketchy when you do get out there. Increasing the chances of injury. Breaking parts and the $$ it takes to replace them. My age. Getting a four hour time slot to go ride and spending 3.5 hours of that doing maintenance. When I finally got on the bike, I was wiped out and could only get in a few runs. Blah.
I took a long break this summer because of these reasons and when I went back to it, it just wasnt the same. Im really thinking about just selling my bike and giving it up for an extended period, maybe for good.
How do you guys handle the burn out? How do you stay motivated or find the motivation to keep going?