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Old 11-November-2008, 07:56 PM
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Question Rekindling the Passion and Enthusiasm for Astronomy

Hi all

I've blogged about something which I've noticed and has concerned me over recent months..

Here's an excerpt:
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Over the past 4-6 months, my passion and enthusiasm for astronomy and astrophotography has been on a definite decline. I found myself hoping it would be cloudy when I stepped outside. I found excuse after excuse not to setup my gear. I found myself being pickier and pickier with the conditions and wouldn’t bother to image Jupiter unless the seeing was well above average (which this year, has been very rare indeed).

I found I wasn’t reading many threads on IceInSpace or BAUT or other astronomy forums. I’d also been lifting my level of interest and enjoyment in my other hobbies, including Karate and World War 2 history, and astronomy had certainly been taking a back seat.

I was conscious of what was happening but what I could I do about it? I just wasn’t getting the enjoyment from astronomy that I had in the past.
Read the rest at:
Redkindling the Passion and Enthusiasm for Astronomy

I'm keen to hear about your thoughts and experiences.. it may not have been about astronomy when it happened to you.. what did you do to get through it? Did you get through it?
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