Yes. But like all things, it passes. Sometimes you just need a break from the hobbies, and just do nothing. Sometimes sitting still is enough to help recharge. Sooner than later, the inspiration will return.
There's a fight between wanting to protect your mental health and wanting to stay informed. Hobbies are definitely to help your mental health but it's okay to feel unsure about them in the face of... everything.
yyyyyup. Mind, mine was waning for a long time before this, since like... 2017 or so... which was only partially because of the less everything we had then...
...Still trying to maintain some enthusiasm mainly by sharing with others now.
It's really tough when the world is tougher, especially when you're directly affected by stuff or your loved ones are. It'll come back, the enthusiasm, but its not so bad acknowledging that things bite right now.
Plus, stories of war (tfs specifically) can remind you that hope is there after all
Hell yes! I'm in the states, a tiny dot of blue (blue for non-fascist, red for ... Um, folks who wear hats in place of "coats." Ahem) in a very rural part of a deep-red southern state, and I'm weighing selling off all of my collections, grabbing the wife and cats, and heading for Canada.
And, as a 47-year-old disabled pagan guy with a wife who has her own physical issues, I am terrified that the would-be Cheat-o Maniac and his coterie of Christian Nationalists, Super Bigots, and the South African Oligarch, it's only a matter of time before we see our rights and protections stripped.
I take refuge in mine. It helps me to block out the blizzard of bullshit. Otherwise it would just be a maelstrom of catastrof'kery I know I can do nothing to change.
Tired of waking up wishing I could burn the world, or at least step off the trainwreck.
I do sometimes look at my shelves and think “so much time and money expended on something that was created purely for lining executive pockets. Am I wrong for finding meaning in this?”
Then I think about it and realize that most things people find meaning in (work, religion, charity, family) are to some extent created or controlled by the powerful for their own enrichment or as a measure of social control and just think “fuck it man, gotta find meaning where you can”
Yeah. For the last month. I have no enthusiasm or energy for the hobby. “Mindless” video games are my only source of anything currently. It’s partly due to weather party due to the unknown state of what’s to come.
Working on my comic is literally what's keeping me from just collapsing into a puddle of despair. I have to, because I'll be damned if I'm letting the bastards win.
Sometimes. I've been struggling to stay positive, and I haven't done any Ghostbusting events since December. My Transformers collecting had dwindled down to getting a figure like twice a year. I'm just not as excited as I was about them. 1 of my goals this year is to treat myself a little better
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*ba-dum-tish*
Sorry, I use humor to cope.
...Still trying to maintain some enthusiasm mainly by sharing with others now.
Plus, stories of war (tfs specifically) can remind you that hope is there after all
Depressingly, all the time.
Thankfully, this nonsense has actually refuelled my need for the escapism my hobbies provide. $ be damned.
#Transformers
#MetalCardbots
#RESIST
Tired of waking up wishing I could burn the world, or at least step off the trainwreck.
With my room as it is the collecting hobby has managed to keep me enthusiastic about it.
You did rename yourself "Toygrind" so you can branch out.