It’s like I can’t stay focused on one hobby for more than like 2 months.
I have some that are with me for so long like music and sports (football and tennis) but other than that it seems like I can’t focus more than a few weeks.
I start with huge interest and then it seems like I can’t focus lose the spark quite fast.
I tried to go deep into video games, cards games ecc… but nothing stays for long.


12 comments

  1. I also tend to burn myself out on hobbies quickly if I’m not careful. I go balls to the wall on one thing until I’m sick of it and abandon it forever. I force myself to engage in multiple things. Play video games for a bit, then do a workout or practice martial arts, read a book, be a nuisance on reddit. Not just go all in on one thing.

  2. I add more hobbies occasionally but defo and might drop one i genuinely lose interest in from any new ones. But my old ones have stuck with me for years and i won’t get bored with them.

  3. My hobbies are very long term, and it takes a lot for me to pick something new up. I make pottery and polish/collect rocks, so those both are very Long Haul Hobbies that often times take months for “Results” to show.

  4. I don’t take on my hobbies lightly. Never have. When something is a genuine interest to me, it becomes almost an obsession. I took on the hobby of leather working about three years ago now. Still love it every day

  5. Same here but mine last longer; about a year.

    On the plus side I feel good that I learned something new.

  6. Honestly, I don’t think I ever have? I have a small set of hobbies I really enjoy and I do them. It hasn’t really changed since when I was a kid. I play video games, socialize with friends, read, and cook.

    Seems like you’ve got ADHD.

  7. I’m the same way. Things don’t keep me excited for very long. Video games and art seem to be the only hobbies that have stuck around long term. Even then, I haven’t played or created anything in a while. Kind of in a slump :/

  9. I may get a flash of inspiration and *add* a hobby to rotation. May fall out if it doesn’t stick, but the ones that do never get dropped.

  11. I’m 66 and I’ve had a lot of hobbies in my life (activities actually), that include; cycling (mountain and road), golf, umpiring baseball, running, motorcycling, surfing, snow skiing, photography, SCUBA diving, and a few I’ve introduced to my son’s (models, rocketeering, baseball, sports in general, etc.). While I rarely do all of them frequently, I’ll do some of these “hobbies” in the course of a year.

    When I married my wife during the Covid pandemic she had danced Argentine Tango for 20 years prior, something I never imagined doing since I was only an occasional ‘club dancer’ with the previous women in my life. So, I started taking lessons by myself (first), then she joined me.

    We’ve been taking group classes every week since, and have taken 26 private lessons with various instructors, attend milongas (dances) 1-2x per week, so I (we) have gotten quite good, and consider it our main hobby. I’m completely healthy, so as long as we can still dance, we’ll be doing this for the foreseeable future.

  12. I’ve had the same hobbies give or take since I was in in high school, the only thing I usually just switch between them every couple months.

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