Got my PPL about 20 years ago. I was checked out in the Cessna 152, Piper Warrior, and Piper Cherokee. I was going to school to become a commercial airline pilot.
I lost interest while going for the instrument rating. I realized I was most attracted to the daredevil aspects of flying, not the long flights. I dreaded the cross-county flights.
My aviation science professor said "I'm keeping binoculars in my brief case now, so whoever buzzed the campus and flew next to the water tower yesterday better not try that again." Hmmm, wonder who that was?