Definitely except I struggle with impulsivity so my threshold of waiting time is far lower than it should be.
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Ugh, I always have like 5 of these slow cooking in my brain at any given time. And I'll be warming up another 5 old hobbies I've not touched in years.
I'll eventually have a dam breaking moment where all my hobbies just switch at once.
It's usually at the same rate it takes me to switch video games. If the interest survives two game changes then it deserves hobby money
Yeah but I've also noticed that the moment I put money into a game is also the last time I play that game.
I'm sure that would probably be smarter.
At the very least go second-hand.
Depends what it is. I'll buy used books all day, but there's almost no level of savings where I'd buy most used electronics.
Really? I go used all the time for electronics. DSLRs and lenses (and flashes and other kit), tablets to 3d print a case for as the home automation panel, etc.
About the only electronics I dont go used are the actual electronics - esp32, sensors, a GPS module, etc.
I should really set a minimum timeframe before purchases though....
Cameras are different. Professional stuff is built to last forever and can be really good value.
I wouldn't take a used tablet or laptop for free, though. It's genuinely worth nothing to me.
More for me then!
A battery swap is nothing, and its real easy to turn an old android tablet into something useful. Hell ive got a nexus 10, two 7's, a gen 3 iPad all doing work for me on the daily.
I'd be interested in hearing what you do with those tablets, if you want to share.
I do this. I write it down. I commit to a similar something cheap or free to see if I can stick with it.
Recently, I wanted to get back into playing the saxophone. I figured if I could update my knowledge on reading sheet music and play my wife's keyboard I would know that i was serious. I didn’t do shit. Saved hundreds of dollars.
I do this with tools too. Buy it cheap. If I use it enough that it wears out, buy a good one.
100000% yes.
Learned this one long ago.
Took years for my wife to understand it.
The cheapness is STRONGER then my ADHD.
I just whittle away at it with "eh, I probably shouldn't..." again and again. That is until I've hoarded enough interest or I'm feeling particularly impulsive
Lol. So excited spent a bunch of time and money buying all the shit I needed to get into polymer clay sculpting... then I was like oh I should probably digitize my movie collection up to plex.
Now I'm like. Why did I want to get into sculpting?
I hate this. So does my dust/fur covered half completed first sculpt. Poor little guy.
I'll never buy something on the first research stint. I'll do my reseach, draw up my notes, then move on to the next obsession of the week. A few months later, if I get the same obsession on that topic, then putting money into the project is allowed
I find research the best way to take out any interest in the subject. Only things I end up doing though only partially is the one in which I jump head first without looking twice.
Sorry, what? I just bought into a new hobby 🫠
I don't, at least not on purpose. I'll be in the rabbit hole from hours to days narrowing down what I want. I never intentionally wait to see if my opinion changes, but often I will drag my feet on buying something, and just never do it.
I don't think this has anything to do with ADHD.
Blind people are always complaining that things are hard to see, but that's normal! Everyone has trouble seeing! Especially when you leave your house on a summer day and it's super bright. Blind people need to act like they're so special, not being able to see is completely normal and not a disability. /s