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| Eyeing my spot to stand at a pond in South, Trinidad. |
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| Fishing in South, Trinidad. |
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| Caught a cuscarob |
Most of us spend at least forty hours of the week at work doing the same monotonous work, frustrated with this routine and paired with other work-life balances is a cause for disaster and anxiety. This affects our relationships with the persons around us. A few years ago, I purchased a book on Amazon called “Fish!” by John Christensen which is about customer service. In his book, he realized that there are practices in which everyone can adopt in their life. These ideas came about when he went to the market and noticed the chaos in the market yet, the joy by the fishermen in selling their fish even though it is monotonous and tedious. It all depends on the attitude you chose to adopt during your course of work, to be physically present and focused at work, do something special for someone or even find ways to make your work fun. Basically, happiness is a state of mind. It is a conscious decision to make and it is all to the benefit for yourself, for who you work for and to your loved ones. Like my mother always says “You give a man a fish to eat and he will be happy for the day, but if you teach him how to fish he will always be happy.”
So, go outside. Go fishing! Fishing is not just an enjoyable hobby, it also provides mental and physical well-being. Fishing develops upper body strength when reeling in that big catch which also burns calories while casting or even while walking around to find the right spot. It provides a bond between you and your family, creating memories in the hot sun where you will also get Vitamin D to boost your immune system. Fishing helps you to become independent in this over dependent world we live in. When in the outdoors, nature will call on you to master a number of skills such as finding more bait, fixing your broken rod or even hunting down tackle. Fishing will also teach you some acrobatic balancing techniques which improves back pain while pulling in that big catch and the boat twists to all different sides it can possibly have and you must balance it while reeling in to avoid falling over and losing the catch.
Most importantly, fishing teaches you patience because it is not every day you will go home with a full bucket of fishes. In this way, it also teaches you persistence where you will accept defeat but will not give up and will always go back for that "one more try" (which turns into ten more tries). However, fishing is relaxing, just enjoying that beautiful sunny day with the sound of nature, birds chirping, the sound of the breeze, water flowing, peaceful and relaxing. It lowers blood pressure and all the anxiety of the outside world that we are faced with on a daily basis. The best part is eating the catch in the cool of the evening right on the shore to sum the day...
Feel free to subscribe, like or share and leave a comment down below if you have ever felt this way.
Further reading:
https://www.livechatinc.com/blog/fish-philosophy/
http://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-fishing/
http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/wellbeing/7-reasons-fishing-is-good-for-you-11363960945557
So, go outside. Go fishing! Fishing is not just an enjoyable hobby, it also provides mental and physical well-being. Fishing develops upper body strength when reeling in that big catch which also burns calories while casting or even while walking around to find the right spot. It provides a bond between you and your family, creating memories in the hot sun where you will also get Vitamin D to boost your immune system. Fishing helps you to become independent in this over dependent world we live in. When in the outdoors, nature will call on you to master a number of skills such as finding more bait, fixing your broken rod or even hunting down tackle. Fishing will also teach you some acrobatic balancing techniques which improves back pain while pulling in that big catch and the boat twists to all different sides it can possibly have and you must balance it while reeling in to avoid falling over and losing the catch.
Most importantly, fishing teaches you patience because it is not every day you will go home with a full bucket of fishes. In this way, it also teaches you persistence where you will accept defeat but will not give up and will always go back for that "one more try" (which turns into ten more tries). However, fishing is relaxing, just enjoying that beautiful sunny day with the sound of nature, birds chirping, the sound of the breeze, water flowing, peaceful and relaxing. It lowers blood pressure and all the anxiety of the outside world that we are faced with on a daily basis. The best part is eating the catch in the cool of the evening right on the shore to sum the day...
Feel free to subscribe, like or share and leave a comment down below if you have ever felt this way.
Further reading:
https://www.livechatinc.com/blog/fish-philosophy/
http://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-fishing/
http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/wellbeing/7-reasons-fishing-is-good-for-you-11363960945557
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