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How to avoid hobby burnout

Thpsguy

So how do I avoid the adhd Hobby burnout take for example my new hobby of driving a virtual taxi on my ps5 using a wheel and pedals I did the whole waiting to see if I truly want to spend money on it but once that cleared I find I'm falling into the trap of trying to make regular hobby time which is always the hobby down fall any tips? Because I do enjoy it untill it gets too much and for social hobbies such as musical performance or playing online games I am learning I have to pause or give them up but for solo hobbies I want to find a balance 

Would doing hobbies for a set amount of time a day work? 

Also if I end up getting meds will it help with the whole novelty side of  hobbies and allow me to enjoy them more without feeling Im procrastinating despite having nothing to pricesstinste as it were? 

I hope this makes sense I'm struggling to find the right wording 

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  • This will probably be the most useless advice I could possibly give...   
    but I usually shift gear when things become physically or psychologically painful.   For instance.... editing videos to post on Youtube.  I'll pause it when my arm starts cramping up from the repetitive motions and do something that doesn't involve moving the mouse about and clicking a lot instead. 
    Similarly, if I'm struggling to start (or resume) doing something....   which, coincidentally, I am now...  I will remind myself that I committed to it and I have to see it through, and if I can't just stick to doing this thing on a regular, consistent basis, that I'm fundamentally failing as a sophont and I might as well just die. 

    So with that in mind, I must now return to video editing RIGHT NOW, at least until my wrist gets sore again.

  • in reply to SotiCoto

    I tried so many times to make and edit YouTube videos (mostly game clips and virtual wrestling federation shows) it's not for me the idea seems great in my head but once it's on YouTube I hate it and the editing is boring for me in a weird way id of probably got more joy out of it had it I just put it on a VHS or a DVD for m own viewing 

  • in reply to Thpsguy

    Honestly I'm not particularly fond of it myself, but I keep trying regardless. I think of it like training to function outside my comfort-zone. 

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