Throughout my life, I've noticed that most hobbies or interests have a four-year half life. After roughly four years of active participation, I have achieved most of my goals and developed all the skills likely without working REALLY hard at it. Then my interest has waned in things like scuba diving, kayaking, cycling, flying, motorcycling, disk golf, radio controlled aircraft, etc. Some of them fade because of physical limitations and injuries, others due to simply being distracted by newer interests. Guitar playing, target shooting, and martial arts are the hobbies that have lasted longest.
Now as we age, there is a strong desire to simplify and downsize. I still have too many guitars and too many CD's, and a bunch of tools that just don't get used often anymore. The next likely move (hopefully still a few years away) will be to a retirement community and most of this "stuff" will not go with us.
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