Enthusiasm

[+Wadders]

I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for caching

If, while you people are out caching you happen to come across it...would be so kind as to pop it in the post back to me

I'm sure i'll come across it sooner or later, but sooner rather than later would be better

 

Who else has gone through this "lull" and why did yours happen?

 

Wadders

[+davy boy]

Think we all go through that now and then........

[+Mad H@ter]

We really could do with loosing ours for a week or two so that we can catch up with some of the jobs that need doing around the house.

 

Tell you what, how about you borrow ours for a few weeks .

[+keehotee]

Mine disappeared for a year and a half.

Found it again just over a year ago, in the back pocket of some old combats, covered in fluff and a semi-chewed toffee.

 

Then I had to find my GPS as well...................

[The Cache Hoppers]

Sounds like a mid-life crisis to me

[+Stuey]

I slowed down a lot after 1000 caches. I think I'd been overdosing on caches in the push for my 1000th cache. I suspect you may have done the same with your push for 3000. Don't worry, it'll be back in time for the summer!

[+HazelS]

I think my enthusiasm ran off with yours tbh.....

 

BUT.. I'm hoping that it's just cos I've had so much else on in my life lately, and that once all the house renovations are done, I'll discover where I left it and go pick it up.

 

I went caching on Saturday with my parents, and I really enjoyed it, but it didn't really reignite the spark

 

Edited cos I can't even spell 3 letter words

Edited January 16, 2008 by HazelS

[+CANTOR CLAN]

we go through the same thing around about the end of the year what with work commements and christmas but then we bounce right back at the begining of the new year it comes to us all at one time or another just hang on in there cheers terry paul and michelle

[+Father Jack]

Mine was left with an important part of my brain, somewhere, in a field in Hampshire

[+FunLovingGeocacher]

I tend to go caching more in the autumn winter, which makes very little sense as it's generally cold. Bring on the longer days and warmer weather and I'm sure the urge will be back.

[+rutson]

Sounds like a mid-life crisis to me

 

Bit late for that I reckon ;-)

 

Yeah, I've had a few lulls, for work, personal and inexplicable reasons, it'll come back of it's own accord :-)

[+perth pathfinders]

Perhaps you have found the magic cure???

 

Hope it's not catching!

[+The Bongtwashes]

Perhaps you've caught a dose of normality , I'm sure you'll recover soon.

[+Madyokel]

Must admit I had a lul just after 500 and again a couple of months ago... I'm trying to step it up a gear and try to do 300 in 6 months... A target to aim at.. Sod the rain

[+currykev]

Because of caching I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for football. But then again I have an excuse...I'm a fan of Fulham FC ..to be honest I find a 5-10 mile walk on a Saturday more fulfilling than standing around for a couple of hours getting more and more depressed.

[+Madyokel]

Well I'm a Newcastle fan... So for once football is ok... untill the next game lol

[+FantasticCat]

I also have lost some enthusiasm for football. And so would you if you had suffered like I have at Vicarage Road this season I am still very enthusiastic about caching after 5 months, probably more so than when I started. With chess I go through spells of 6 months where it is extremely important to me and I study it hard and then 6 months where I am happy to play matches but cannot face putting any work into it. Am wondering if caching will be the same- I somewhat doubt it, as I can't see myself ever getting tired of good reasons to go on a walk. Of course every cache outing is making it harder to find good caching trips. Will be interesting to see how this affects things after a year or two.

[+Wadders]

Well I'm a Newcastle fan... So for once football is ok... untill the next game lol

 

I also have lost some enthusiasm for football. And so would you if you had suffered like I have at Vicarage Road this season I am still very enthusiastic about caching after 5 months, probably more so than when I started. With chess I go through spells of 6 months where it is extremely important to me and I study it hard and then 6 months where I am happy to play matches but cannot face putting any work into it. Am wondering if caching will be the same- I somewhat doubt it, as I can't see myself ever getting tired of good reasons to go on a walk. Of course every cache outing is making it harder to find good caching trips. Will be interesting to see how this affects things after a year or two.

 

Well i'm a leeds fan, so this season i have no problems with the fottball

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

Well i'm a leeds fan, so this season i have no problems with the fottball

We should do a 'Football' series of caches. Micro's hidden near football stadiums!

 

Edited to add.........I'm a Happy Hammer......even though we're out of the cup

Edited January 17, 2008 by The Lavender Hill Mob

[+The Flying Boots]

In nearly two years I haven't lost my enthusiasm for geocaching but I'm increasingly losing my enthusiasm for going out and getting wet in this terrible weather

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

In nearly two years I haven't lost my enthusiasm for geocaching but I'm increasingly losing my enthusiasm for going out and getting wet in this terrible weather

I must admit I am more of a fair weather cacher, wet, cold and boots caked in mud tends to make you want to be at home in front of the fire with a cuppa

[+FantasticCat]

Well i'm a leeds fan, so this season i have no problems with the fottball

Well neither would we if we had to play the likes of Luton Town every week!

 

I was also thinking that a football series would be good. I tried the one at Newcastle, I know there is one at Sunderland and I'm sure there are others. It got me thinking again when I discovered a football TB thats mission is to go to where a decent game of footy is (I already have claimed any jokes around this btw ). I would have thought all football league grounds could be covered- I am sure most clubs are supported by at least one cacher. This could be extended to Scotland and Internationally as well as non-league or sites where stadia used to be.

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

I suppose the problem comes with at what league level do you stop, I think to qualify as a 'Footbal' series cache the site has to be a Football stadium of some sort i.e. not a football pitch in a local park!

Edited January 17, 2008 by The Lavender Hill Mob

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

Happy Hammer here too, d'you think they'd let you do a Carlos Tevez memorial cache at the gates of Upton Park? Could be a two parter with one at Bramall Lane .

If we did one for Tevez we'd have to do one for Lampard, Carrick, Cole, Ferdinand (Rio) etc etc.

[+Fuchsiamagic]

Happy Hammer here too, d'you think they'd let you do a Carlos Tevez memorial cache at the gates of Upton Park? Could be a two parter with one at Bramall Lane .

If we did one for Tevez we'd have to do one for Lampard, Carrick, Cole, Ferdinand (Rio) etc etc.

Well football doesn't interest me in the slightest - never has, so I don't know what you lot are talking about!

 

In just over a year of caching, the bug has got worse, to the point that odd jobs around the house don't get done, the car's filthy and the garden's a mess. I seem to spend my waking hours planning the next trip. Trouble is, I don't get much free time, especially if the wife has anything to do with it!

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

In just over a year of caching, the bug has got worse, to the point that odd jobs around the house don't get done, the car's filthy and the garden's a mess. I seem to spend my waking hours planning the next trip. Trouble is, I don't get much free time, especially if the wife has anything to do with it!

I tell you what! That is so true, nothing gets done anymore at home and it interfers with work, if i'm working from home I spend way too much time planning and looking for caches and when I'm not working at home.......LIKE NOW..........I'm on the forum

[+Fuchsiamagic]

In just over a year of caching, the bug has got worse, to the point that odd jobs around the house don't get done, the car's filthy and the garden's a mess. I seem to spend my waking hours planning the next trip. Trouble is, I don't get much free time, especially if the wife has anything to do with it!

I tell you what! That is so true, nothing gets done anymore at home and it interfers with work, if i'm working from home I spend way too much time planning and looking for caches and when I'm not working at home.......LIKE NOW..........I'm on the forum

I'm supposed to be working now!

[+Kryten]

To test the severity of your case, try putting your GPS up for sale on e-bay. You could also try deleting all of the finds from your account.

[+The Lavender Hill Mob]

To test the severity of your case, try putting your GPS up for sale on e-bay. You could also try deleting all of the finds from your account.

Hmmm.......good test

[+Mad H@ter]

To test the severity of your case, try putting your GPS up for sale on e-bay. You could also try deleting all of the finds from your account.

Wash your mouth out , how could you even suggest such a despicable act

[+*mouse*]

I lost my enthusiam last year and I put it down to overdosing on caches - two power trails in a week wiped out my enthusiam for months.

Still, a few good quality finds over Christmas has put me back on track.

You will be soo too - once an addict always an addict

[+Wadders]

To test the severity of your case, try putting your GPS up for sale on e-bay. You could also try deleting all of the finds from your account.

 

Oh my god..that would be serious!!

[+alma]

just start by doing a few.i havnt cached for bout two months and wasnt too bothered.but did a couple over weekend and it was great and i realised how much i missed caching,so dont worry i think the spark will always be there

[+dogastus]

I lose enthusiasm when I have a DNF and question "what on earth am I doing?" This soon gets put right on my next find

[+Alibags]

Mine was left with an important part of my brain, somewhere, in a field in Hampshire

 

That's you sorted then!

 

My enthusiasm is the same as ever, my willingness to go out for 18 hours at a stretch in rain, hail, mist and darkness to bag numbers of micros has declined somewhat. I now chose a nice looking area to go caching in, preferably with a good walk involved and STOP when I think I would like to return home for food and a hot bath, even if there are still caches left on my list for the day. Myself and my usual caching partner in crime generally find a decent pub and stop for lunch and refreshments as well! Not being a slave to it works wonders!

 

I recommend going and doing a nice long and challenging multi, puzzle or series to sort out your problem, Wadders. Near me (Hertfordshire) I would recommend 'Your Mission' but you are probably a bit far away for that. Have you done all the puzzles on Dartmoor yet?

[+John Stead]

My enthusiasm was at a very low ebb an hour or so ago as it was p***ing down.

Now the sun has come out and I am just checking if there is anything new around here, or I will carry on with the local batch of unfounds.

Edited January 17, 2008 by John Stead

[+jerryo]

Mine's totally gone. I did 1 in December and 2 this month. The nearest ones are too far away to get without driving for miles. I think I've peaked. All I have to look forward to is maintaining my own caches, which is, frankly, a chore sometimes.

 

Hey: I think I'll start again!!!

 

New ID, new, fresh start and not too much hurry to find the boxes this time around, but rather to enjoy the scenery.

[+kewfriend]

We hoovered up caches around us in the early days which had the predictable result that there weren't many around locally. Our profile always showed us as autumnal and winter cachers (no need to explain why) but that meant that a trip out in winter really now has to be worth it - and it usually is.

 

We are quite happy to motor for 40 mins for a carefully chosen group of well sited caches. We are now 'picky'. We enjoy multis as long as they are not just number harvesters and a successful puzzle find is always a real treat. (Still have about half the 'X' Marks the Spot series to do - and I've never cracked any of Tjapukai's puzzles - not a single one!)

 

We enjoy meets - but these days personally I really enjoy planning to set a cache: the research, the identification of a good location, the creation of an interesting cache page ....

 

And - hey folks - I've got a whole host of devious caches in the pipeline. I was out today doing yet more research and even enjoying getting wet!

[+FantasticCat]

My enthusiasm waned today at 15.30 when I encountered possibly the heaviest rainfall I ever have when out driving . Decided to call it a day missing caches 10 and 11 and go home.

[+Kelsborrow Wayfinders]

I wonder if people's enthusiasm wanes when they have reached a target that they have been chasing for some time. It would be interesting to know if people slow down or stop when they have reached 100, 1000 etc. Are there a significant number of cachers stuck in the 100-110 range and 1000-1100 range? Perhaps your best bet would be to just do one or two here and there like alma suggested and take it easy. Mind you the weather doesn't help.

[+scottpa100]

 

I recommend going and doing a nice long and challenging multi, puzzle or series to sort out your problem, Wadders.

 

Quite agree - you do get trads in nice places etc, but when you get a nice multi, maybe taking you round maybe a city centre making you actually STOP and LOOK at things that you might otherwise just miss just helps you appreciate your surroundings a whole lot more. Likewise, a nice puzzle with off-set published co-ordinates taking you to some nice little village with an ace pub for a meal afterwards. That's where caching is super doopery. Taking you to places that you'd have no other reason at all to visit.

[+HazelS]

I wonder if people's enthusiasm wanes when they have reached a target that they have been chasing for some time. It would be interesting to know if people slow down or stop when they have reached 100, 1000 etc. Are there a significant number of cachers stuck in the 100-110 range and 1000-1100 range? Perhaps your best bet would be to just do one or two here and there like alma suggested and take it easy. Mind you the weather doesn't help.

 

Chas, you're dead right!!

 

I had a lull after my 500th - which I chased like mad for about 3 months. I didn't really have the lull after the 1000th, as it was camping season, and far too many events meant far too many caches to chase. However...

 

The lull came around 1200... I had 2 to go to 1200 for almost two months, and nothing could persuade me to go get those three.

 

In the end, it was a phone call from a local cacher who had worked out a fiendish puzzle cache, but had no GPS with him... I HAD to go rescue him. I never even realised it was the 1200th at the time to be honest!

 

I think for me, living on a penninsula means that cache planning is more difficult. I now only have 2 left on Wirral, and one is a 15 mile walk (ok, some bits are drivable!)

I hope to get the other crossed off on Saturday, and then hopefully it will mean Wirral is cleared.

 

/me rolls her eyes at the thought of then having to clear the N Wales coast of Marzipan caches

[+Kelsborrow Wayfinders]

one is a 15 mile walk (ok, some bits are drivable!)

 

Go on, walk the whole lot. No driving. It's brilliant.

[+scottpa100]

/me rolls her eyes at the thought of then having to clear the N Wales coast of Marzipan caches

 

Oi! I appreciate that I'm not as prolific as Team Marzipan - but what about my caches on the north Wales coast? But mine are a bit further along the coast.... yadayadayadayada

[+The_Westies]

And we've got a few chuffing hills for you to walk up as well Hazel. And we're doing quite well getting through the list of TM caches filling our closest to home as well.

Edited January 17, 2008 by The West Viewers

[+Foinavon]

Well I haven't done it for a fortnight (when I did it in the dark with a few others), and I now am absolutely gagging for it.

 

Talking of football as we have in this thread. I will promote my own football ground cache I had a season ticket for Bolton Wanderers before I discoverd geocaching!

[+John Stead]

Well I haven't done it for a fortnight (when I did it in the dark with a few others), and I now am absolutely gagging for it.

 

 

Whatever turns you on!

[+John Stead]

My enthusiasm was at a very low ebb an hour or so ago as it was p***ing down.

Now the sun has come out and I am just checking if there is anything new around here, or I will carry on with the local batch of unfounds.

 

And what happens - a DNF nearly broke my run of at least a cache a day so far this year!

Fortunately there was a reasonably easy one on my way home - though that was difficult for this shortie to reach!

[+gingerbreadmen]

I only managed two caches in December, but after finding a couple on New Years Day I have got back into the swing of it, mind you I find I'm being much more selective and now will quite happily ignore ones quite close by if they don't appeal, whereas before I would try to clear up all the locals.

 

As for caches at footy grounds, there is one each at Goodison and Anfield, but being a blue I can't quite make myself go for the Liverpool one, I could have had an ftf at it, I was parked about twelve feet away according to my gps but I couldn't bear it so went home instead!

[+Simply Paul]

Can I turn this into a 'How to get over a lull' thread? If it were me, I'd get myself somewhere special to reengauge my interest. Caching in New York maybe? Somewhere hotter at this time of year perhaps? Any caches on the Maldives?

Edited January 17, 2008 by Simply Paul