soul searching
To each his own. I had to do some soul searching when I decided to abandon my MTGO acct and again basically years back when I quit playing live. I had a considerable emotional/social investment into MTG (still do) and quitting those things that I loved to do was very hard for me.
Things that I did with ease, Join the Army, fight in combat, get married, have kids… none of this stuff was a "soul searching" event for me but for most people I think it would be the case… I will say that having kids is enlightening for me and a happy occasion every day BUT it was easy to do.
I think someone shouldn't criticize what another person finds to be some "soul searching" occasion...