Holy fucking fruit balls! I thought collecting hobbies was an everybody thing. . .. ... .. . MOM, I HAVE ADHD!
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Collecting hobbies is an everybody thing. Making a hobby of collecting hobbies is an ADHD thing. You gotta have it to understand it. Its literally a jack of all trades master of none deal, except all previous trades are boring unless you mix them up.
So honestly, strike the jack of all trades. It's more like jack of random trades at random times that randomly catch your interest for a random amount of time.
Okay, if you say so. . .. ... .. . FALSE ALARM, MOM. I'M JUST USELESS, LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAY.
One thing i learned really early as a kid is that being somewhat skilled/versed in a large variety of things is absolutely an advantage in the world. If you know a little bit about everything then making connections between different fields will become much easier, both technically and socially.
For example there are some people at my work that are super good at coding, but they have so little understanding of electronics, design, material sciences, etc that they often get stuck on projects because their skills are so specialized that they cant fully understand the scope of the project.
So start new hobbies and drop them again, doesnt matter, because being good at learning new stuff is a skill in itself.
"Jack of all trades, master of none, is oftentimes better than a master of one."
Marketing a skill that's good for learning random skills is a bit harder though, depending on where your main interests lay. If you know a little bit about everything in technology, maybe that can work.
However, management in retail is where my marketable skillset is. Because I know a good amount of every department, I will always be that call in that can do any position, instead of being considered for a higher position in one department. I've done management duties for customer service, frozen dairy, general merchandise, paints, electronics, photo, etc for eleven years. I never get a higher position when it opens because there's always someone more specialized in that position.
Don't get me wrong. I don't completely disagree with you. I have crazy good problem solving skills. I've come to love my ADHD, having gone completely unmedicated for it all my life (my father wouldn't approve Ritalin when I was diagnosed as a kid and they needed both parent's consent). I just wish I could do more than a little bit of everything sometimes.
Once my first project reaches 95% completion, I can drop that hobby altogether!
Well, not drop like totally drop. The project must stay around as a reminder that it is not complete forever.
Of course! Think of the sunk cost!
I'll get back on that one day! but to really get that one right, i need to get these over here done first!
And I'm sure the equipment is why it didn't work the first time. Let's buy a $200 tool and see if it gets better on its own!
I feel seen
I'm in this photo and I don't like it.
On a completely unrelated note would anyone like to buy incredibly specific and expensive tool because I decided incredibly niche hobby is no longer my thing and I need money for this new hobby I just discovered?
Me who relates with like 99% of these ADHD memes but “doesn’t have ADHD”:
Hmmmmm
I feel seen with this comment.
Yeah can people stop being all relatable and having common traits? I'm trying to be unique here...
If you get enough you can put them on a rotation
That would require me being able to find anything in my rats nest of an office.
This is exactly what I do
Spending money on new stuff to do a hobby.
I had that hobby until I got addicted to smart phones
3meta5me
Ah yes the meta-hobby
Aka the PokéHobby. Gotta catch 'em all.
I like organizing my hobby graveyards and imagining what it would be like to do them again.
lol just yesterday I described myself as a guy who collects hobbies. I then rethought it as collecting skills and know-how.
Rebranded into a skill collector. I like your style. Very Adam Savage-y!
I know I have ADHD - I filled out a questionnaire that said if you answer Yes to two or more questions out of 20 you might have ADHD - I answered Yes to all EXCEPT two. But I think of it as having a lot of interests and variety in my life, not a reason to look for sympathy. At some point I learned to let go of regretting having a lot of unfinished projects, and accepted that I get joy out of starting new things. If most people get it from finishing, that's fine.
I literally have a folder in my notes app called potential new hobbies. It’s just full of hobbies I can’t afford.
Excuse be but I'm very involved and actually hyper focused on a hobby. I do so much. For like a couple months. But it was worth the dopamine while it lasted.