learning a new hobbie
Not all hobbies need to become hustles.
The tendency of people with ADD is to impulsively avoid painful experiences, which makes it much less likely for them to maintain focus on an area in which they have no natural gift. Therefore, these deficits are likely to be amplified instead of corrected.
Don Kerson • Getting Unstuck; Unravelling the Knot of Depression Attention and Trauma
When you learn something new for the first time you flail miserably at it, but eventually you identify your weaknesses and over time the process toward solution becomes almost instinctual. Things get better and easier, and somehow you’ve developed into this whole new person who could do the hard things you once dreaded, now effortlessly. I find... See more
all these things that I've done
The reason you might be having trouble with your practice in the long run—if you were capable of building a practice in the short run—is nearly always because you are afraid. The fear, the resistance, is very insidious. It doesn’t leave a lot of fingerprints, but the person who manages to make a movie short that blows everyone away but can’t raise
... See more99U • Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U)
Your brain likes to tell you that researching hobbies and buying supplies is the most compelling part.
This is BS. Doing your hobbies is the fun part.
It’s simply that it’s scary to take even one step forward; also, that you don’t want to make realistic efforts. You don’t want to change so much that you’d be willing to sacrifice the pleasures you enjoy now—for instance, the time you spend playing and engaged in hobbies. In other words, you’re not equipped with the courage to change your
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