It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest
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What if they did something like if an ad has been pushed to you more than three times within five or six hours it’s technically illegal
Because honestly, it’s subliminal advertising and you’re supposed to be relaxing
Books have no ads but books also don’t connect you to the rest of the world anymore
Sadly, we have made it so that there is only one real way to connect to the world easily and when it can be controlled or manipulated, it’s not equal access . Where is the equity?
Goodness knows they push it constantly and eventually it’s easy to give in- there should be a confirmation system- maybe confirm your order once or twice more than usual just to make sure we really want it but I sit with it and think about it especially when it’s pushed again and again.
Nice!
I tried to learn, a little before and during recovery from back surgery.
It's difficult to process [learning] AND [PAIN].
The good news, I didn't sell the equipment.
So, there's a bit of hope.
Which is why bipolar should be on the differential list. Hint: hyperactivity and impulsivity decline over the years, especially after age 25; it is the inattentive part that is more of an issue later on. Therefore, BP should be on the differential.
OMG, this is me. I could make a fortune just selling all the supplies I bought for starting my "then current" hobbies, but then I wouldn't have any supplies for the hobbies I'm currently thinking about starting. It's a conundrum within a conundrum 🤪
This is why we should have craft and hobby resale centers that let you play with house tools and left over junk materials before you get into the whole thing
Maker spaces are as close to this as we get, but it's still dues based and too formal to join
You are absolutely right of course! I've been telling people this week what I plan to do and have decided to hold myself to this. I have a colleague who is having a baby this summer so I have committed to making a tiny quilt. Small enough to not be daunting, with a clear target date for completion!🧵
D'you know, I think I actually have? Thank you for the encouragement! Sometimes you just need the reassurance from others that you're not alone in the way you do/don't do things.
I have the most beautiful book filled with Incredible quilts I have always wanted to learn how to quilt and have never done it even though I crochet and do other kinds of textile Arts. I also would really look like to learn how to weave.
That's truly awesome!
And besides, people forget that the beauty of knitting and crochet is that it can be unravelled and made into another thing. Now that's subversive, crafty crafting.
"Remember those nice safe mittens from granny? I'm turning them into Viking helmets for cats."
adhd is a bitch. on the upside, it also means spending a lot of time thinking about it BEFORE you go for the endorphin rush and the credit card. so at least there is the chance of avoiding the backside fiscal pain.
Same here! I've got a garage full of 'someday' projects and a wallet that's still recovering. But hey, at least we're keeping the hobby industry alive, right?
ADHD is a bogus diagnosis.
Put down your cellphone, learn to read books, and expand your attention span beyond 15 seconds.
That’ll fix your hobby problem
Saaame. I was crocheting from june to late december. Then my intert turned to make up and skin care.... now thats waning. I really want to purchase stuff for recording myself singing my solo so i can improve.....but the decent stuff isnt cheap.
I did the walk of shame and donated 3 big boxes of unused and still in their packaging craft materials from my „crafting phase „ to the donation center yesterday 🤦🏼♀️
Please don't just share on this forum. Tell your reps in DC what you think. Resist. It only takes a few minutes and best of all..it doesn’t cost any money.
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
My spouse bought me a beautiful Taisho light fixture for my study four years ago, & I’ve bought glue and paint and solvent to repair it - and haven’t done so yet.
Anyway. Check out the Oregon Truffle Festival. My mother & her spouse founded it 15 years ago.
Yes! Exactly this! My husband used to pester me all the time about making "a bunch of those" and selling them 'cause I'd "really clean up." I finally yelled at him and he stopped. I'm a crafter not a frigging factory. Ugh!
I was retired and had so damn many hobbies that the garage was overflowing with tens of thousands $ of crap. I lost all interest once I realized all I was doing was playing a silly keep-your-mind-busy mind trick. So...I decided to go back to school, get a medical skill, be of use and make some $.
I feel called out. Retired 2 yrs ago. So far: clay modeling, watercolor, acrylic, resin art, something with a hammer and letter stamps on metal, candle making, soap making, crochet which I still do but yeah. I’m disabled and mostly housebound. Boredom is a bitch
Not me with a hyperfocus going to Joann’s yesterday to buy a shitload of sewing patterns for $2 each knowing fuckin well I rarely sew. Oh but I’m gonna. Maybe. 😅
This is why I’m just going back to video games. Time to save some dollars. I’ll collect all the items in the game, and then collect the trophies from the game to store inside of my PlayStation.
I love the idea of journaling. I buy myself a nice leather bound journal and write for one or two weeks then lose interest. About six months later I’ll decide to start again but now I need a brand new journal because I can’t begin with a used one.
I received a hand-me-down guitar when I was around 10 and didn't learn a single chord until I was in high school. it'll click for you when you least expect it 💗
Donate it to a music school, a less fortunate child would love to have it. 2 birds with one stone get rid of the guilt everytime you look at it, and encourage a child to do something you could not.
Ahhhh, well i wish I were there as well, im sure a community center or retirement home or music class would love them. Please enjoy your peace, and pray for us over here. We need all the help we can get.
I have ~8 bass guitars, 4 banjos, a flattop, a mando, not to mention all the Latin percussion instruments. No interest in any of it and I'm multi-degreed in music.
I'm a big fan of a hobby with "stuff". Knitting, not just the yarn but all the needles and such. Collecting food stools, but I need to rhinestone them. Don't even get me started on silicone beads.
Ha! Same 😜 I think I’ve found my purpose to only find a new shiny object that draws my attention 5, 10, 20 years later 🤷🏻♀️ That makes us well rounded, right?
I feel like someone needs to start a service where friends can sign up their ADHD friends and transfer hobby supplies where they're needed based on who is fixated on what and who hasn't touched something after the first 7 days. /jk
Same. Same friend. Lol!! I just bought all the shit to start screen printing while learning to embroider. Will I complete either hobby? No one knows but probably nope.
I have 4 synthesisers, 3 drum machines, 2 loopers, a drum pad and a keyboard. 4 of these things have never been used. The others have been used for less than 10 hours in total, altogether. ADHD is a bit of an issue. Still, at least it's worth more than if I'd bought beer!
I start everything and finish nothing and I have a hoarder's art room to prove it.
My kids will be mortified after I die and they discover the truth about Mother...
There's a store called Smart Art in Nashville that resells abandoned art supplies cheaply, and employs the disability community, too! It made me want to see them pop up everywhere so all us art supply addicts can circulate that creativity!
Portland, OR has something similar: SCRAPS. And the art supplies store on the corner of Foster and Powell. And Eugene, OR has MECCA... ball these places are dangerous for me to go! 😄
Great idea! For those of us who don’t live in Nashville, you may have a Child Care Council that takes donations to give to local daycare providers and preschools.
I need this. My hobby might actually be acquiring all the tools and supplies for a specific hobby should I ever get over the fear of failure long enough to pursue that hobby.
I accidentally bought two of Tom Snyder‘s book On Tyranny and I was thinking of looking for a local community with the outdoor libraries, free libraries.
I gave the original post a silly reply but this is an awesome idea. Especially for here in Los Angeles. I bet a shop like this would do great in West Hollywood or Santa Monica.
Me too. The more I noodle it around, the more I like it. Especially for Santa Monica. SM has a college full of art students and programs which would absolutely love a cost sensitive source for supplies. A store like this would do well there. The SM airport loves to rent to non aviation businesses
That's super kewl awesome! 👍 I have a family of artists, I would contribute and buy from such a store. I wish there was a store like that here in Nevada.
Portland has something similar https://portland.scrapcreativereuse.org/ I’ve taken visitors here as just a cool place to visit. (Also a great place to start adhd hobbies cheaper… )
Good idea! Over the past 30 years I’ve done multiple clean-outs and donated to women’s shelters and schools. I’m zig-zagging through my craft room now and the dog is actually wearing a hard hat so it’s getting to be that time!
Wait! I'm not going to become a world famous beer brewer in my 40s ffffhhhhuuuudddggggeee says the $1000 worth of supplies sitting in my garage in their packaging 😂
Please, this is me. Oh, I got excited and ordered wrong, order the right thing, now both languish the in the “future projects” heap, in their packaging. Returning the first also being a “future project”.
Given my few-days-ago-retirement, I'm appalled at the amount of stuff I am discovering that I have never unpacked -- or in the case of more expensive items -- only unpacked to see it wasn't damaged in transit and then repacked. Sigh.
Correct. And when I personally came to this realization i stopped beating myself up about the money I spent and shit I collected over the years from my zillion hobbies.. lol😁
part of me wishes there was like an adhd - exclusive craigslist for this stuff but i feel like the ability to recoup the cost would just make it easier for me to justify not trying to keep going
I have so many collections of craft hobbies… it’s not that I don’t want to do them, but my adhd brain sabotages plans:
Yay! 😃 I have 5 macrame how-to books, miles of twine & yarn, hoops, 5000 pretty beads… but measuring stuff… 😣
And lots of counting & keeping track of stitches… 😒🫤🫠
… Not this week
Yeah Baby!!
I got into Taxonomy this weekend, looking for yet a better way to organize my files, brainstorms mind maps, slips of paper etc... Categorize?!
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Because honestly, it’s subliminal advertising and you’re supposed to be relaxing
Sadly, we have made it so that there is only one real way to connect to the world easily and when it can be controlled or manipulated, it’s not equal access . Where is the equity?
I know what you mean
I tried to learn, a little before and during recovery from back surgery.
It's difficult to process [learning] AND [PAIN].
The good news, I didn't sell the equipment.
So, there's a bit of hope.
Maker spaces are as close to this as we get, but it's still dues based and too formal to join
And besides, people forget that the beauty of knitting and crochet is that it can be unravelled and made into another thing. Now that's subversive, crafty crafting.
"Remember those nice safe mittens from granny? I'm turning them into Viking helmets for cats."
Using the mic.
And REI overnight mountain gear...got 3 xs in one whole season with those😆
How many exacto knives and staple guns do you own? Of course, only the ones still remaining with nothing to refill them😆
ASD
Now I took up gardening because if I don’t grow the food I need and I have no job then there’s no food.
Put down your cellphone, learn to read books, and expand your attention span beyond 15 seconds.
That’ll fix your hobby problem
Until I forget.
gee look at my steam library, full of games i definitely wanted to play at one point, bought on sale, and have never even installed.
We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.
https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com
My spouse bought me a beautiful Taisho light fixture for my study four years ago, & I’ve bought glue and paint and solvent to repair it - and haven’t done so yet.
Anyway. Check out the Oregon Truffle Festival. My mother & her spouse founded it 15 years ago.
My daddy was GM of Paul Prudhomme’s restaurant for many years.
Can’t afford NOLA proper in retirement and now lives in Metairie, eek!
Weird and wonderful that both Britney and Jon Batiste are from Kenner!
And, I thought Jon was from NOLA. I could be wrong about him. Kenner is close.
I know Metairie well! Lived there!
I have a full-frame camera and dozen camera lenses collecting dust, but only use a semi-old iPhone for photography these days.
Currently reading a lot about 3d-printers ;)
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There should be a ADHD lending library but then we couldn't dedicate weeks researching and buying the best stuff. 😜
My kids will be mortified after I die and they discover the truth about Mother...
Okay - it's SCRAP
No really, someday I’ll do that project of small square canvas portraits of my cat wearing different wigs
Just gotta buckle down and make those craft tools shelves I’ve had the wood and tools for, for last 6 months.
(My supplies have been sitting in my basement for 8 years 😭)
Who wants to do the same thing all the time?
Yay! 😃 I have 5 macrame how-to books, miles of twine & yarn, hoops, 5000 pretty beads… but measuring stuff… 😣
And lots of counting & keeping track of stitches… 😒🫤🫠
… Not this week
I got into Taxonomy this weekend, looking for yet a better way to organize my files, brainstorms mind maps, slips of paper etc... Categorize?!