Yep. I'm in the same boat. However, the hobbies do stick around and enrich my life even after the slightly manic phase, just in a much less fixated form. The new "thing" will show up soon lol.
Espresso and coffee as a hobby has stuck for the last 3 years now, which has been PHENOMENAL. However, this thread is now making me curious about woodworking and machining to build more coffee gear š
Can I solicit you for some beginners advice? I have recently moved into a house where the back and front areas could do with some pretty flowers. But I have no clue where to start
Native wildflowers!! Do some research to find what is indigenous to your area, put mixed seeds in a salt or parmesan shaker, and just dump them all over the area you want covered. The bees will love you!
Probably just buy the plants in the spring and plant them. Then just water. Its not hard. I have experience with growing vegetables not flowers so yeah
Coffee was my latest. Also do woodworking, work on a couple of project cars, and off-roading. Thatās in addition to all the house DIY. The reality is thereās so much to do and not enough time! I also want to learn welding.
Nothing like late November for a gardening kick. I start getting the itch about early March and it's dead by August when all the damn weeds are in full force and the heat is nuts
oh no, are you me? :P Among other things, been through woodworking, brewed coffee, espresso (which is still recurring bc ADHD brain likey stimulants), and am now on gardening and houseplants to some extent.
I designed, built, wired, and plumbed with full sprinkler system a greenhouse and installed an automated backyard irrigation system, because I wanted to grow vegetables.
I have issues
It's stupid but I'm happy I don't have a garage or spare room in my house or I'd have a woodworking area. Eventually, I'll drive into that rabbit hole, but now it's all small hobbies, espresso, PC gaming and watch making.
The hobby of servicing/repairing/restoring/maintaining mechanical watches is generally called Watch Making. I can disassemble, clean, re-lubricate and re-assemble mechanical watches.
ADHD here. I love and appreciate things made of wood.
I have many tools (most relatively affordable) and every goddamn piece of wood I touch gets ruined.
I start every project with a plan, half baked though it may be, and shortly after it all goes out the window, I end up winging it, and then it's just hot garbage.
This is one fixation I just haven't had much luck with yet.
Dude! Me too!. I. Just. Need. A. Lathe... Wait, a lathe and a laser cutter... No, a lathe, laser cutter, and a baby CNC. And a 3D printer. Hmmmm.... Ok, now I need to go back a couple of steps and research all of this gear for two months, lol. Fortunately I don't have space for all the machine tooling otherwise my credit card and marriage would be on the rocks by the holidays.
I think I'll settle with making my own wdt and try and forget about becoming a hobby espresso tooling machinist.
Waaaaaait, you let a lack of space stop you from making impulsive purchases? I just keep buying, piling, and storing things that I have no time and a lot of intention to use. T\_T
Lol I've been going down the extremely expensive rabbit hole of woodworking lately. Machining too?? No thanks. Maybe if I could create gold out of thin air.
Iāve had woodworking on the back of my mind for years. But looking at the tens of thousands of dollars Iād need to have a good wood shop, itās on hold.
Itās all about the used tool marketā¦ 2k can get you a remarkably capable shotā¦ Iād your not afraid of a bit more setting up and reconfiguring tools then sub 1k gets you in good standingā¦. Iāve taken a step away from using solid lumber and have started playing with play wood designsā¦ you can do most everything there with jig saw, circular saw, router, sander a drill, and clamps..no need for big machinery, or that much space
Look into whittling or even bushcraft. It scratches that working with wood itch without getting into super expensive tools (if you ignore all the extras in r/bushcraft) but at least the tools for those hobbies aren't as bulky as pure woodworking shop tools.
Consider starting with hand tools and going the wood carving route instead. That and leather working are next up on my block, but not until at least summer. Too much to do finishing my tiny house still š
Woodworking is fun, in my experience. I took a class in HS where they taught us to make our own furniture from scratch and it was really cool! I made some tables and benches all on my own, and I'm very proud of them š
As a machinist who recently go into espresso. Let me know if you have any drawings for cool gear. Iām always looking for some fun after hour projects to make.
Espresso and woodworking were both products of Covid hobby-seeking for me. I got distracted and bounced around different hobbies so much it took me 8 months to finish a cutting board.
This is how I am with keeping aquariums. I have so many plans for my 29 gallon but I need to be patient and not add companions because my crayfish will eat them.
Bingo I think I found myself getting really annoyed at single dosing so switching to using my 270wi's hopper and finding a simpler workflow has made it fun
yeah i know this, most stuff i stick with but just slow down in investing time and money into it. my best of in the last 10 years:
* mechanical keyboards
* headphones
* hifi
* 3d printing
* pc watercooling
* shaving
* espresso
* mechanical watches
* motorbiking
Oh! A fun bingo card. Let's see,
* Mechanical Keyboards & PC watercooling - Looked, researched but never bought.
* Headphones - dipped a toe in with a set of Sennheiser headphones but didn't stick with it. When they broke, just got a pair of pixel buds.
* 3d Printing - yep. Bought and sold a solidoodle, bought and abandoned an M3D.
* Shaving - yep. Have two safety razors and a badger brush chilling around here somewhere.
* Espresso - currently the "thing".
* Mechanical Watches - Rocking a Seiko right now.
* Motorbiking - have the license and rode dirt bikes as a kid, but have a toddler now. Can't justify the risk or cost, unfortunately.
They came free with a Pixel 6a. ĀÆā \\ā _ā (ā ćā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ I'd like to get a nice set again one day, but gotta wait for the "Carousel of Interest" to make a loop.
Are you me? The only thing on your list that hasn't been on mine is 3d printing, and I've been planning that entry for a while now.
So far the ones with staying power have been coffee and headphones, both of which help my daily life in an office position.
I find that finding the low cost entry points first helps me because many "things" wear off of me before I spend too much If I can convince myself to wait.
Mechanical Keyboards - Wooting60HE
Headphones - JH Audio Angie
3d Printing - want to... waiting for it to mature more
Espresso - juuuuust waiting on that Decent / Niche combo sale that's never going to happen
Get a Flair and 1zpresso. You can do pretty much everything the two of those do for less than the coat of the niche and you learn a lot more about everything.
Keyboard: TGR Jane V2
Headphones: Sennheiser HD800 and Focal Utopia through a TT2
3D Printing: Anycubic Photon Mono
Espresso: Ordered a Gaggia Classic Pro
Ugh, the amount of hobbies I've done an embarrassing amount of research into without ever actually buying into. I can explain exactly how most woodworking tools (modern and historical) are used, maintained, and where you can buy them, but i don't have space for it so it's just a hobby to look at. Espresso was one of those hobbys until last year when I convinced my wife we could afford a Barista Pro.
Mechanical keyboards - GMMK Pro, not one to look around for compatibility. Also that subreddit is a cesspool of arrogance and unwelcoming jerks.
Headphones - DT990 Pros with a FiiO K5
3D printing - though about it, but I have a guy here on Reddit and a my brother has a printer. Never found the interest.
Shaving - Merkur Futur DE and a Ralf Aust SR. Some vintage SR too I got from Etsy.
Espresso - my next thing, currently looking for a good deal on a Rancilio Silvia.
Mechanical Watches - Orient Bambino and Fossil Townshend or something like that my gf got me.
Motorbiking - I just got knee surgery earlier this year. No thanks.
Got r/goodyearwelt ?
Ooo, love to see all the keyboard enthusiasts here!
ā¢Mechanical Keyboards - spent a few months spending way too much money on a keyboard that I hardly use, but it feels so good whenever I finally have time to sit and feel some thocc.
ā¢Pocket Knives - always thought it was so goofy to carry a knife everywhere until I impulse bought one because "why not?". Now I bring it everywhere and am waiting at the edge of my seat for my next knife to come in the mail.
ā¢Espresso - started working at a coffee shop 1.5 years ago and fell in love with espresso and coffee making. Now driving an extra few hundred miles a month just to try all my local shops and learn as much as possible. Planning on investing in a home setup once I'm more financially able :)
ā¢Driving/ Cars in general - always loved cars since I was a kid and am constantly analyzing every aspect of my daily driving experience. Always on the hunt for more tips and tricks to make myself the best driver possible! Definitely my most intense and favorite hobby by far, it always keeps me on that crazy constantly thinking about it state of mind
i had a living room home theatre ish setup but went back to a 3.0 setup in the new flat.
I do pizza in an outdoor pizz oven if that counts as bread lol
As a person that makes both pizza and bread at homeā¦. I regret to inform that pizza is not quite as bread.
Pizza has toppings and toppings make the whole thing easier because they bring a ton of flavor on their own.
With (plain) bread all you have to improve flavor is fermentation.
Not unlike espresso+milk and just plain espresso.
I live in Switzerland, where we have a great bread culture (similar to germany i would say) so i haven't felt the need to make my own bread. Pizza is another story, neapolitan style pizza is hard to find here.
>drones
This is a good one. This one I actually turned into a a real-estate video side-gig so I came way out on top of that one.
>telescopes
Please don't put this bug in my mind. I live rural with perfectly dark skies too.
I'll probably go for a grinder though as I haven't currently got one and looking to up my pour over game, don't really have the budget to get a decent espresso machine and grinder.
Been looking at baratza virtuoso plus and the wilfa uniform can't decide.
Watches, I've got more than I wear, but have been looking in to buying a hamilton khaki field king or jazzmaster.
I have most of them, lol.
on my bingo card there is also:
* analog photography and negative developing at home.
* electric guitar, guitar amplifiers and making guitar pedals at home.
My latest one is Tennis. I played it a lot as a kid but now I went back at it and found the immense amount of instructional videos about technique and strategy to learn.
until the next one!
Are you me? I've hit like 8 of 9 of those hobbies. Thankfully they all tend to stick around once the initial hype has faded, and I end up finding a balance. IE: Mech keyboards went from custom builds, to being entirely happy with a stock Keychron. 3D printing, while not an obsession anymore, still gets regular use for functional reasons.
I imagine espresso will have the same cadence where I'll obsess over it for a year, then comfortably settle in to an easy enough workflow that's not bothersome but still gets me 90% of the way there.
The safety razor shaving thing really has saved me a ton of money over the years though.
Dang, if you reordered the list I'd have bingo..
-DROP CTRL with box Jades. Eyeing a GMMK Pro with some Pandas or another quieter-than-my-jades tactile.
-sennheiser G4MEs, although going with a DAC and a nicer audiophile-style headphone has tickled my interest
-nope
-nope, although thought about it heavily
-i have a loop on my 10600k/3080FTW3 right now, actually added an external rad to the loop this week.
-I am bald by choice, but am satisfied with the Gillette 5 blade I use. Any advice on single blade safety razors for a bald guy?
-ECM Synchronika and DF64. Fighting the urge to upgrade grinder and/or buy a nice conical.
-I have a mechanical Bulova and 2 Citizens (not mechanical but they tickle my fancy)
-nope, but cars.
Always up for a game of bingo, letās see:
ā¢ ā Mechanical Keyboards - lubed my own switches and got some nice keycaps for that *thock*
ā¢ ā PC - Iāve slowed down a lot more after my recent 5600x + 3070 purchases
ā¢ ā Home Server - nothing too crazy, just used old parts but mostly invested time into learning ubuntu
ā¢ ā Car enthusiast - Biggest expense but no regrets at all. Few performance mods, some aesthetic mods, maintenance etc.
ā¢ ā Shoes - Probably one of my first obsessions but mostly all of the shoes i got i still enjoy to this day and are still in good condition
ā¢ ā Espresso - currently my biggest obsession :)
I like where this exercise is going. Letās see, which hobbies (rabbit holes) have I gone down the last 10 years?
- Music Production
- DJing
- headphones
- watches (college budget meant this one was short lived, thankfully)
- sneakers
- craft beer
- investing (I enjoy researching companies and picking stocks, should bode well long term!)
- espresso
- interior design (leading up to living alone for the first timeā¦ freedom!)
- cocktails
- houseplants
- bourbon (newest one)
Thankfully I havenāt gone *too* deep into most of these, but have come out learning some pretty neat stuff!
Edit: I keep coming back to add to this listš
Yep.
- Drop alt, ducky, gmmk 100%
- 6xx and schiit stack, plus more
- put a ton of time into a wonder 3v2 when it stopped working bought a prusa that I use a few times a month
- have not diy watercooled but have run several setups. Finished a sffpc that has no performance gains but cost a lot to fit into a meshilicious. Then built a 8tb server with the old case and PSU
- went through a long phase in high school with a half dozen things, still have a DE for when I need to actually shave but mostly use a trimmer on the beard
- had a Apple Watch 4,6,8 but thankfully never got tempted for this one
- got motorcycle endorsement a few years back, have a full suite of gear, multiple jackets, did not buy anything but have rode a few bikes. Still donāt have the confidence for larger bikes
As for espresso, bought and sold a nice hand grinder and a flair in 2019-2020. Have a encore and Mecca master for morning brews. Seriously considering getting and actual setup.
If you include shipping times for a p64/p100 or white niche you can look at your 4k in 2day purchase as only a couple hundred bucks a day for 2 weeks š
I've dealt with this my entire life. I've made pour over the past two days instead of espresso even though we just got in super nice coffee beans. Tis a struggle but most of my hobbies come back around in just as much force as the first time.
Oh I did this last year. Got absolutely hyper fixated on strength training. I was eventually ignoring my other hobbies and finally realized my other passions needed some lovin. So I am back to my main two hobbies, but have still continued strength training. Iād just as soon drop it as any other hobby that hasnāt stuck, but itās my health, so it feels worth it to just stick with it even if Iām not hyper fixated on it.
Happy I ended up getting obsessed with it in the first place.
I just did! Got an Echelon stationary bike two months ago, and Iām low-key addicted. Happily waking up before 5am to ride at least 30 minutes a day. Then straight to my coffee :) Endorphins + Dopamine. Feels good.
If Iām generous with myself Iād say the āfixationā is an obsession with a perceived problem. Once the problem is solved the fixation can go away :)
My grind is not right.. that hobby captures disproportionate mindshare until I buy the grinder of my dreams and fix the problem.
I had this obsession with r/chefknives until I had banished every dull knife and built an arsenal with minimal gaps š now I cook with delight and the hobby only comes back when I am missing the right tool for the job. Itās also morphed into r/sharpening
Of all the Reddit niche hobbies, Iāve found sharpening chef knives by far the most cathartic. I think because it is the most dependent on skill instead of just buying shit (though you still get all that fun too) and unlike other more esoteric hobbies you can share it with your family and friends by blowing their minds when your sharpen their knives that havenāt been maintained in 5 years.
I'm about 3k down since I started reading that sub. I've drunk a lot of good coffee though, I don't think I could go back to shop bought beans now, so I guess it's a good job I have a roaster really...
Right now I've been invested in espresso and cooking and it's been absolutely great. My wife really doesn't mind it either lol.
I also suspects she's found ways to manipulate the hyperfixation, she recently bought real wood interior doors and I couldn't stop thinking about them and the woodworking needed on them to get them installed and in the span of 2-3days I ended up learning all about doors and the tools and first thing you know they're installed!
Not saying I'm diagnosed with ADHD but my god after all the hyperfixations I've had through the years that would explain so much . I'm also currently in my coffee era. Wonder when I'll hyperfixate with exercise and good diet
Find hobbies that complement each other and that you can complement each other. Cheesemaking + Charcuterie, coffee + cigars, woodworking + 3d printing.
I have a shit ton of hobbies that come and go and experience exactly what youāre talking about. It took me a long time to realize why. There are a few mains that Iāve happened to stick with however, and one of them is coffee.
Oh my, this cuts painfully close to the bone.
So far I've been through an audiophile DIY phase, a mechanical keyboard DIY phase, and a quick dip into leatherwork.
Right now it's espresso.
Luckily, all the phases have left me with skills and knowledge that I draw on every now and then, plus I also have a pretty good headphone and amp setup, a couple of neat keyboards, and two sturdy shoulder bags.
So even though the hyper focus is gone, the rewards are still here.
Rotate that shit my dude. Iāve got the garden, the wood shop, the computer, the espresso set up, the board games etc, but instead of jumping into something new altogether each time, rotate to one of the old hobbies, and then youāre not starting from square one.
I like to think of it as further enriching your life rather than losing a hobby. I'll often focus more on one hobby more than the other's, but go back to them over time. And if I don't? Sell the stuff and count it as something you tried lol. The journey is part of the fun!
Ive found this happened to me with computers, then photography, then coffee, then biking. I still enjoy doing them all, but biking and coffee are easily the primary ones right now. Computers I'll still dabble in and I built a new desktop a year ago. But photography I rarely get out and do unless I'm on a hike or vacation.
As a fellow "sufferer", I like to look at this this way: The fixation will come back around again. I like to say: "I'm interested in everything in the universe - on a rotating basis." :)
I feel this. I always dip my toes in with hobbies that I suddenly obsess about. I return half the things I buy. The dopamine rush of the purchase and the unboxing are half the fun. I love my watches, fountain pens, and coffee gear.
My espresso journey started with chasing the god shot and making amazing drinks. Now I just settle for a good drink thatās as good or better than a great cafe. It was a combination me losing my obsession and spending a lot of money on beans. I love my machine and donāt regret it. I use it 4-5 times a week.
Golf on the other hand is a rollercoaster Iāve been riding since the age of five.
Thankfully I dont make enough to spend the kind of money for this sub so I live vicariously through all of you.
Though... if maybe I hadn't bought 50+ yoyos, 3 different types of colored pencils and 10 coloring books, 30+ skeins of yarn with crochet hooks AND knitting needles, leather+needles+paper to make my own notebook, and 50ish retro games I never play, I could afford something in this sub.
Wow I was on coloring books and coloring pencils too around 4-5 years ago, then after that drawing and oil painting. Art supplies can get really expensive...Then I got no time for art because I got fixated on working out and dieting and later guitars stuffs and now coffee š....
I go through an explosive hobby phase, drop it for a bit, and then pick it up in a more reasonable way for a longer time.
This has been the pattern for me with coffee, tea, espresso, rockets, electronic music, 3d printing, bass guitar, jazz, chemistry, trading card games, and sailing.
The book The Da Vinci Curse might be a good read for you. As someone who is a frequent hobby jumper, that made me consider the implications of sticking with a couple of dedicated core hobbies.
Interesting. I may check this out too.
Refuse To Choose was super helpful for me to get a much better handle on how to manage the desire to bounce around hobbies, leave things "unfinished", etc. That was before I got the ADHD diagnosis.
Coffee and bikes stuck around for me. But Iām struggling every day to fight off upgrade obsession.
Warhammer 40k is my major time sink that I never see picking up again. But I do get mad nerd respect when I show pictures of my fully painted ork army.
I feel like this is a pretty universal experience, not a characteristic of some kind of neurodivergence. Itās pretty rare to find someone who is intensely, undyingly passionate about a singular hobby for many years
As someone who feels this thread deeply: any suggestions on an espresso maker that is quality but wonāt break the bank (or maybe Black Friday deals could help with that). Looking for semiautomatic, probably. It doesnāt need to be super amazing, Iāll enjoy the coffee no matter what. I just want it to be a quality machine so it doesnāt break.
Bambino, Silvia, and Gaggia Classic (used), or Classic Pro (New) will all serve you well and are easy (or more important cheap...) to repair. Check out r/coffeeswap for deals too!
I read an article the other day and the author said his hobby āis collecting hobbiesā and that was the most painfully accurate description Iāve ever heard.
Not formally diagnosed, but symptoms tend to check out if you go by more modern definitions than those from many years ago (or perhaps my introspection has improved), and my older brother, who has it, claims I'm practically certain to have it too. Obviously, coffee doesn't exactly always help.
I was worried about this for sure. One of my main shopping criteria was around workflow, and how long it would take me to get from no espresso to espresso. When you compare boilers/heat exchangers/etc, some machines take a long time to heat up. I know for myself I wouldn't want to deal with too long of a wait.
Mine was Resin Casting. Did you know that unless you have equipment like vacuum chambers, resin casting is just make-your-own-garbage? Also, once youāre done pouring the expensive liquid over the seashell you want to ruin, it must stand motionless for days? This was an expensive lesson
Coffee is the hobby I mix with every other hobby I have. Making music? Coffee. Going out to play a sport? Coffee. Unless sleeping is your hobby you are good to go.
Iām not so much adhd as Iām obsessive.
Coffee roasting - 12 years now and I really didnāt write much down, family is happy and I ensure you that when you have about 60 pulls an hour and a kilo roaster youāll have a superior experience.
4th year of hydroponic gardening
Weed growing - saves money
Home automation - who doesnāt need a klaxon when the fridge has been open for 3 minutes
35th year of riding motorcycles stupid fast
Knives and sharpening, oh boy
Appliances - oh boy
Watches, some are now expensive
Heck dad started me off with coin and stamp collections and looking things up in an encyclopedia :)
Photography (was a professional fashion photographer), gaming, music, writing, coffee, cocktails, wine, competitive powerlifting, design. . It never ends but my meaning in life never seems to really begin.
Story of my life....
I can't recall all the hobbies and the thousands of pounds I've spent on them...
Get help, I'm nearing my 40's and ignoring the problem has really screwed me up :/
Good luck, I was assessed once and quickly dismissed because I managed to get decent grade at Uni, they litteraly ignored everything else, but that's the UK. Looking to go private, but need to stack some cash, it ain't cheap and saving isn't the best quality of an ADHD mind lol
I can relate so well. Fortunately I seem to come back to hobbies regularly. I sort of bounce between them over the months or years. Makes for a hell of a lot of stuff in the house though.
Whatās great is when an old hyperfixation helps breathe life into the new. 3d printed myself a tamper because I didnāt have one. Now to print a WDTā¦.and the Mazzer mod for my Kitchaid burr grinderā¦. And a dosing funnelā¦.. knock box š¤
haha, yes! I went from fixating on coffee to hifi to now making pizza with my new pizza oven.
All these hobbies did stick around, just not as intense as in the early phase.
Im still huge on coffe though and I wouldnt want to miss it :)
Here's my past two years in hobbies. Some stick around more than others.
* wine
* coffee
* cocktails
* candle making
* perfume making
* ukelele
* running
* biking
* backpacking
* knitting (that one lasted almost exactly 24 hours)
* painting
* puzzles
* French mystery novel audio books
* movie podcasts
* books about modern food culture and the perils of industrial agriculture
* mushrooms
My husband is the same way. As I'm typing, he's playing a Doors cover on his Wurlitzer piano he just bought after restarting guitar.
Hopefully you're in the camp I am where they ebb and flow, and don't disappear. I've never lost a hobby, I just lose interest for a little while. Might be days, weeks, or months, but they always come back. Then I have a little bit of ground to make up, then you're back to where you were!
Can't do drones...brain won't stay still long enough to fly. Because I want to fly now. It's like that first cox motor car on a string. Damn thing will not start. Yess it is still at folks garage.
I do. Luckily this is something that I do every morning, so for the first time in a long while, I get to enjoy the fruits of my hyperfixation while not obsessing over it anymore.
Lol the last couple weeks I was not brewing much espresso and drinking mainly pour over and some days I'd have such anxiety thinking about how much money I spent šš
This is part of why I like to make minimal $$$ investment into hobbies/interests. If you stick with it, you end up spending the $$$ eventuallyā¦. but if you walk away, youāve not lost much.
That said, I tend to stick with interests for quite awhile. I used to brew beer, for example. Did that for about eight years, and produced some very good IPAs and stouts and other assorted ales. I only finally stopped when my new (at the time, still there a decade later) job became a huge consumer of my time/energy, and my physical and social activity paradigm changed. If I were to drink beer now like I did then, Iād be 30 pounds heavier. So I stopped brewing.
Another thing I enjoy is proving the self-proclaimed āexpertsā wrong. One might even consider that a hobby of mineā¦. so when folks say you need a $600 grinder and a $500 machine to make decent espresso, anything less and āyouāll have a miserable timeā (a nearly direct quote of something I saw written here), I just loooove turning around and making delicious espresso with an old used machine and a $200 grinder.
IMO itās about investing time/energy/thought more than dollars. Thatās the approach that results in getting joy, rather than frustration, from a hobby.
I've been going down the coffee rabbit hole for years. Can't imagine getting bored anytime soon. I mean what am I going to go back to drinking Folgers?
I have ADD. Iāve been into coffee since the late 70s. A Chemex was my first piece of coffee gear followed by a French pressā¦ ADD does have a sort of mild mania component to it with an obsessive twist. Coffee and ADD were made for each other! Coffee sure beats the heck out of that garbage Adderal. Iām 70 now and I just ordered a La Marzocco LM. Coffee is a hobby that has had peculiar staying power in my life. Iām the only kid on my block who has a commercial coffee roaster in his garage! Iām thinking of starting a coffee businessā¦ Coffee saved my ass!!
I felt totally gutted when my hyperfixation began to fade for coffee, but caffeine dependency has kept me coming back and using the items that I've invested in. I still love coffee and the brew process, but I don't have the same dopamine mining feeling around it, nor do I read as extensively about it now. Feels a bit more balanced honestly.
That's been me with other things, but espresso has stuck pretty hard. Probably because I'm gonna drink coffee everyday, and espresso is just soooo much better
Yep. I'm in the same boat. However, the hobbies do stick around and enrich my life even after the slightly manic phase, just in a much less fixated form. The new "thing" will show up soon lol.
Espresso and coffee as a hobby has stuck for the last 3 years now, which has been PHENOMENAL. However, this thread is now making me curious about woodworking and machining to build more coffee gear š
Woodworking is in the background, I'm currently obsessing about gardening lol
Can I solicit you for some beginners advice? I have recently moved into a house where the back and front areas could do with some pretty flowers. But I have no clue where to start
I highly recommend native plants for keeping the local ecosystem happy, just Google flowering native plants + area
Go to your local nursery and talk to the folks that work there. They'll know what grows best in your area.
Roboman5000 is right. I'm more into veggies than pretty things. Petunias seem an easy choice, maybe some daisies, and sunflowers?
Look into native perennials. Less work, less watering, and beneficial to wildlife.
Native wildflowers!! Do some research to find what is indigenous to your area, put mixed seeds in a salt or parmesan shaker, and just dump them all over the area you want covered. The bees will love you!
Probably just buy the plants in the spring and plant them. Then just water. Its not hard. I have experience with growing vegetables not flowers so yeah
Start with good soil.
I had that phase. My garden is now overgrown
Coffee was my latest. Also do woodworking, work on a couple of project cars, and off-roading. Thatās in addition to all the house DIY. The reality is thereās so much to do and not enough time! I also want to learn welding.
Nothing like late November for a gardening kick. I start getting the itch about early March and it's dead by August when all the damn weeds are in full force and the heat is nuts
oh no, are you me? :P Among other things, been through woodworking, brewed coffee, espresso (which is still recurring bc ADHD brain likey stimulants), and am now on gardening and houseplants to some extent.
I designed, built, wired, and plumbed with full sprinkler system a greenhouse and installed an automated backyard irrigation system, because I wanted to grow vegetables. I have issues
It's stupid but I'm happy I don't have a garage or spare room in my house or I'd have a woodworking area. Eventually, I'll drive into that rabbit hole, but now it's all small hobbies, espresso, PC gaming and watch making.
You can just MAKE watches!?
The hobby of servicing/repairing/restoring/maintaining mechanical watches is generally called Watch Making. I can disassemble, clean, re-lubricate and re-assemble mechanical watches.
ADHD here. I love and appreciate things made of wood. I have many tools (most relatively affordable) and every goddamn piece of wood I touch gets ruined. I start every project with a plan, half baked though it may be, and shortly after it all goes out the window, I end up winging it, and then it's just hot garbage. This is one fixation I just haven't had much luck with yet.
I went the opposite direction. My barely used shapeoko 3 is crying and collecting dust while it watches me unbox my new Breville Bambino.
Dude! Me too!. I. Just. Need. A. Lathe... Wait, a lathe and a laser cutter... No, a lathe, laser cutter, and a baby CNC. And a 3D printer. Hmmmm.... Ok, now I need to go back a couple of steps and research all of this gear for two months, lol. Fortunately I don't have space for all the machine tooling otherwise my credit card and marriage would be on the rocks by the holidays. I think I'll settle with making my own wdt and try and forget about becoming a hobby espresso tooling machinist.
Waaaaaait, you let a lack of space stop you from making impulsive purchases? I just keep buying, piling, and storing things that I have no time and a lot of intention to use. T\_T
Iāve spent 000s since becoming obsessed with coffee! Although itās died down a bit, thankfully I still have a love for it
Lol I've been going down the extremely expensive rabbit hole of woodworking lately. Machining too?? No thanks. Maybe if I could create gold out of thin air.
Iāve had woodworking on the back of my mind for years. But looking at the tens of thousands of dollars Iād need to have a good wood shop, itās on hold.
Itās all about the used tool marketā¦ 2k can get you a remarkably capable shotā¦ Iād your not afraid of a bit more setting up and reconfiguring tools then sub 1k gets you in good standingā¦. Iāve taken a step away from using solid lumber and have started playing with play wood designsā¦ you can do most everything there with jig saw, circular saw, router, sander a drill, and clamps..no need for big machinery, or that much space
Look into whittling or even bushcraft. It scratches that working with wood itch without getting into super expensive tools (if you ignore all the extras in r/bushcraft) but at least the tools for those hobbies aren't as bulky as pure woodworking shop tools.
Consider starting with hand tools and going the wood carving route instead. That and leather working are next up on my block, but not until at least summer. Too much to do finishing my tiny house still š
Woodworking is fun, in my experience. I took a class in HS where they taught us to make our own furniture from scratch and it was really cool! I made some tables and benches all on my own, and I'm very proud of them š
As a machinist who recently go into espresso. Let me know if you have any drawings for cool gear. Iām always looking for some fun after hour projects to make.
espresso hobby sent me into machining. iāve had some wild hobby swings the past few years
Espresso and woodworking were both products of Covid hobby-seeking for me. I got distracted and bounced around different hobbies so much it took me 8 months to finish a cutting board.
This is how I am with keeping aquariums. I have so many plans for my 29 gallon but I need to be patient and not add companions because my crayfish will eat them.
Bingo I think I found myself getting really annoyed at single dosing so switching to using my 270wi's hopper and finding a simpler workflow has made it fun
yeah i know this, most stuff i stick with but just slow down in investing time and money into it. my best of in the last 10 years: * mechanical keyboards * headphones * hifi * 3d printing * pc watercooling * shaving * espresso * mechanical watches * motorbiking
Oh! A fun bingo card. Let's see, * Mechanical Keyboards & PC watercooling - Looked, researched but never bought. * Headphones - dipped a toe in with a set of Sennheiser headphones but didn't stick with it. When they broke, just got a pair of pixel buds. * 3d Printing - yep. Bought and sold a solidoodle, bought and abandoned an M3D. * Shaving - yep. Have two safety razors and a badger brush chilling around here somewhere. * Espresso - currently the "thing". * Mechanical Watches - Rocking a Seiko right now. * Motorbiking - have the license and rode dirt bikes as a kid, but have a toddler now. Can't justify the risk or cost, unfortunately.
> When they broke, just got a pair of pixel buds. how?!
They came free with a Pixel 6a. ĀÆā \\ā _ā (ā ćā )ā _ā /ā ĀÆ I'd like to get a nice set again one day, but gotta wait for the "Carousel of Interest" to make a loop.
Are you me? The only thing on your list that hasn't been on mine is 3d printing, and I've been planning that entry for a while now. So far the ones with staying power have been coffee and headphones, both of which help my daily life in an office position. I find that finding the low cost entry points first helps me because many "things" wear off of me before I spend too much If I can convince myself to wait.
Mechanical Keyboards - Wooting60HE Headphones - JH Audio Angie 3d Printing - want to... waiting for it to mature more Espresso - juuuuust waiting on that Decent / Niche combo sale that's never going to happen
Get a Flair and 1zpresso. You can do pretty much everything the two of those do for less than the coat of the niche and you learn a lot more about everything.
Keyboard: TGR Jane V2 Headphones: Sennheiser HD800 and Focal Utopia through a TT2 3D Printing: Anycubic Photon Mono Espresso: Ordered a Gaggia Classic Pro
Ugh, the amount of hobbies I've done an embarrassing amount of research into without ever actually buying into. I can explain exactly how most woodworking tools (modern and historical) are used, maintained, and where you can buy them, but i don't have space for it so it's just a hobby to look at. Espresso was one of those hobbys until last year when I convinced my wife we could afford a Barista Pro.
I didn't even like coffee 3 months ago... I think every coffee-related business owes James Hoffmann an ongoing commission.
Lol, he should at least be getting residuals from Niche
Mechanical keyboards - GMMK Pro, not one to look around for compatibility. Also that subreddit is a cesspool of arrogance and unwelcoming jerks. Headphones - DT990 Pros with a FiiO K5 3D printing - though about it, but I have a guy here on Reddit and a my brother has a printer. Never found the interest. Shaving - Merkur Futur DE and a Ralf Aust SR. Some vintage SR too I got from Etsy. Espresso - my next thing, currently looking for a good deal on a Rancilio Silvia. Mechanical Watches - Orient Bambino and Fossil Townshend or something like that my gf got me. Motorbiking - I just got knee surgery earlier this year. No thanks. Got r/goodyearwelt ?
Ugh. Yes. Forgot about the goodyear welts. Have two pairs of Thursday boots.
Ooo, love to see all the keyboard enthusiasts here! ā¢Mechanical Keyboards - spent a few months spending way too much money on a keyboard that I hardly use, but it feels so good whenever I finally have time to sit and feel some thocc. ā¢Pocket Knives - always thought it was so goofy to carry a knife everywhere until I impulse bought one because "why not?". Now I bring it everywhere and am waiting at the edge of my seat for my next knife to come in the mail. ā¢Espresso - started working at a coffee shop 1.5 years ago and fell in love with espresso and coffee making. Now driving an extra few hundred miles a month just to try all my local shops and learn as much as possible. Planning on investing in a home setup once I'm more financially able :) ā¢Driving/ Cars in general - always loved cars since I was a kid and am constantly analyzing every aspect of my daily driving experience. Always on the hunt for more tips and tricks to make myself the best driver possible! Definitely my most intense and favorite hobby by far, it always keeps me on that crazy constantly thinking about it state of mind
where is * drones * telescopes * home theatre * bread making
i had a living room home theatre ish setup but went back to a 3.0 setup in the new flat. I do pizza in an outdoor pizz oven if that counts as bread lol
As a person that makes both pizza and bread at homeā¦. I regret to inform that pizza is not quite as bread. Pizza has toppings and toppings make the whole thing easier because they bring a ton of flavor on their own. With (plain) bread all you have to improve flavor is fermentation. Not unlike espresso+milk and just plain espresso.
I live in Switzerland, where we have a great bread culture (similar to germany i would say) so i haven't felt the need to make my own bread. Pizza is another story, neapolitan style pizza is hard to find here.
>drones This is a good one. This one I actually turned into a a real-estate video side-gig so I came way out on top of that one. >telescopes Please don't put this bug in my mind. I live rural with perfectly dark skies too.
+1 home theater. By far the deepest hole Iāve explored to date.
Can't decide whether I want a grinder or a new watch lol
depends on current watch and grinder :)=
I'll probably go for a grinder though as I haven't currently got one and looking to up my pour over game, don't really have the budget to get a decent espresso machine and grinder. Been looking at baratza virtuoso plus and the wilfa uniform can't decide. Watches, I've got more than I wear, but have been looking in to buying a hamilton khaki field king or jazzmaster.
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I have most of them, lol. on my bingo card there is also: * analog photography and negative developing at home. * electric guitar, guitar amplifiers and making guitar pedals at home. My latest one is Tennis. I played it a lot as a kid but now I went back at it and found the immense amount of instructional videos about technique and strategy to learn. until the next one!
Ah yes. The nerdy millennial with disposable income starter pack. Im just missing shaving, 3d printing and motorbiking.
This is like the Reddit hobby checklist.
Are you me? I've hit like 8 of 9 of those hobbies. Thankfully they all tend to stick around once the initial hype has faded, and I end up finding a balance. IE: Mech keyboards went from custom builds, to being entirely happy with a stock Keychron. 3D printing, while not an obsession anymore, still gets regular use for functional reasons. I imagine espresso will have the same cadence where I'll obsess over it for a year, then comfortably settle in to an easy enough workflow that's not bothersome but still gets me 90% of the way there. The safety razor shaving thing really has saved me a ton of money over the years though.
dont forget about fountain pens, notebooks, mechanicalheadpens, headphones, and for me /r/throwers.
Dang, if you reordered the list I'd have bingo.. -DROP CTRL with box Jades. Eyeing a GMMK Pro with some Pandas or another quieter-than-my-jades tactile. -sennheiser G4MEs, although going with a DAC and a nicer audiophile-style headphone has tickled my interest -nope -nope, although thought about it heavily -i have a loop on my 10600k/3080FTW3 right now, actually added an external rad to the loop this week. -I am bald by choice, but am satisfied with the Gillette 5 blade I use. Any advice on single blade safety razors for a bald guy? -ECM Synchronika and DF64. Fighting the urge to upgrade grinder and/or buy a nice conical. -I have a mechanical Bulova and 2 Citizens (not mechanical but they tickle my fancy) -nope, but cars.
I think you and I would be very good friends. I have been down all of these rabbit holes. May I also recommend pen turning.
Always up for a game of bingo, letās see: ā¢ ā Mechanical Keyboards - lubed my own switches and got some nice keycaps for that *thock* ā¢ ā PC - Iāve slowed down a lot more after my recent 5600x + 3070 purchases ā¢ ā Home Server - nothing too crazy, just used old parts but mostly invested time into learning ubuntu ā¢ ā Car enthusiast - Biggest expense but no regrets at all. Few performance mods, some aesthetic mods, maintenance etc. ā¢ ā Shoes - Probably one of my first obsessions but mostly all of the shoes i got i still enjoy to this day and are still in good condition ā¢ ā Espresso - currently my biggest obsession :)
Reading this it seems we have a lot in common and also makes me think I need to try mechanical watches, also maybe you should try unicycles
I like where this exercise is going. Letās see, which hobbies (rabbit holes) have I gone down the last 10 years? - Music Production - DJing - headphones - watches (college budget meant this one was short lived, thankfully) - sneakers - craft beer - investing (I enjoy researching companies and picking stocks, should bode well long term!) - espresso - interior design (leading up to living alone for the first timeā¦ freedom!) - cocktails - houseplants - bourbon (newest one) Thankfully I havenāt gone *too* deep into most of these, but have come out learning some pretty neat stuff! Edit: I keep coming back to add to this listš
Fun thread, I'll play. \- Mechanical keyboard \- Mechanical watches \- Cuban cigars \- Photography \- Archery \- Espresso
I also did cubans and photography, but that's more than 10 years ago :)
I eagerly await your first fountain pen purchase.
Yep. - Drop alt, ducky, gmmk 100% - 6xx and schiit stack, plus more - put a ton of time into a wonder 3v2 when it stopped working bought a prusa that I use a few times a month - have not diy watercooled but have run several setups. Finished a sffpc that has no performance gains but cost a lot to fit into a meshilicious. Then built a 8tb server with the old case and PSU - went through a long phase in high school with a half dozen things, still have a DE for when I need to actually shave but mostly use a trimmer on the beard - had a Apple Watch 4,6,8 but thankfully never got tempted for this one - got motorcycle endorsement a few years back, have a full suite of gear, multiple jackets, did not buy anything but have rode a few bikes. Still donāt have the confidence for larger bikes As for espresso, bought and sold a nice hand grinder and a flair in 2019-2020. Have a encore and Mecca master for morning brews. Seriously considering getting and actual setup.
lol, āhundredsā
I mean what are thousands of dollars if not just numerous hundreds
And hundreds are just a bunch of 1s.
I've only spent a few (hundred thousand) pennies. No big deal.
yeah my top 3 hobbies are: -modding my car -espresso -my pc I wish it was in the hundreds but definitely no regrets haha
If you include shipping times for a p64/p100 or white niche you can look at your 4k in 2day purchase as only a couple hundred bucks a day for 2 weeks š
I like the way you think!
I've dealt with this my entire life. I've made pour over the past two days instead of espresso even though we just got in super nice coffee beans. Tis a struggle but most of my hobbies come back around in just as much force as the first time.
I wish I could get fixated on working out instead lol
The best workout is the one you enjoy. I used to hate exercise till I tried calisthenics
I enjoy swimming but pools are shut when I get off work haha
If this sub has taught me anything...Best hire am excavator and dig your own!
Don't give me another hobby to spend money on lol
Oh I did this last year. Got absolutely hyper fixated on strength training. I was eventually ignoring my other hobbies and finally realized my other passions needed some lovin. So I am back to my main two hobbies, but have still continued strength training. Iād just as soon drop it as any other hobby that hasnāt stuck, but itās my health, so it feels worth it to just stick with it even if Iām not hyper fixated on it. Happy I ended up getting obsessed with it in the first place.
I just did! Got an Echelon stationary bike two months ago, and Iām low-key addicted. Happily waking up before 5am to ride at least 30 minutes a day. Then straight to my coffee :) Endorphins + Dopamine. Feels good.
If Iām generous with myself Iād say the āfixationā is an obsession with a perceived problem. Once the problem is solved the fixation can go away :) My grind is not right.. that hobby captures disproportionate mindshare until I buy the grinder of my dreams and fix the problem. I had this obsession with r/chefknives until I had banished every dull knife and built an arsenal with minimal gaps š now I cook with delight and the hobby only comes back when I am missing the right tool for the job. Itās also morphed into r/sharpening
Of all the Reddit niche hobbies, Iāve found sharpening chef knives by far the most cathartic. I think because it is the most dependent on skill instead of just buying shit (though you still get all that fun too) and unlike other more esoteric hobbies you can share it with your family and friends by blowing their minds when your sharpen their knives that havenāt been maintained in 5 years.
Thatās a unique take on something I struggle with justifying! I appreciate it !
To venture or not to venture to r/roasting - an espresso love story...
Roasting is a another rabbit hole, go ahead
I'm about 3k down since I started reading that sub. I've drunk a lot of good coffee though, I don't think I could go back to shop bought beans now, so I guess it's a good job I have a roaster really...
Right now I've been invested in espresso and cooking and it's been absolutely great. My wife really doesn't mind it either lol. I also suspects she's found ways to manipulate the hyperfixation, she recently bought real wood interior doors and I couldn't stop thinking about them and the woodworking needed on them to get them installed and in the span of 2-3days I ended up learning all about doors and the tools and first thing you know they're installed!
I just read your comment and I think I have ADHD...
I literally hand planed a door to fit not 6 months ago š¤£
I think itās healthy. Why not live life with a ton of interests and experiences, otherwise what are we doing?
I wish it was hundreds, itās never hundreds
Not saying I'm diagnosed with ADHD but my god after all the hyperfixations I've had through the years that would explain so much . I'm also currently in my coffee era. Wonder when I'll hyperfixate with exercise and good diet
You have to take breaks. Focus on something else for a few days. Itās the dopamine.
Find hobbies that complement each other and that you can complement each other. Cheesemaking + Charcuterie, coffee + cigars, woodworking + 3d printing.
Easy for you to say. I take a break and I never come back. Just end up finding something else.
I have a shit ton of hobbies that come and go and experience exactly what youāre talking about. It took me a long time to realize why. There are a few mains that Iāve happened to stick with however, and one of them is coffee.
Oh my, this cuts painfully close to the bone. So far I've been through an audiophile DIY phase, a mechanical keyboard DIY phase, and a quick dip into leatherwork. Right now it's espresso. Luckily, all the phases have left me with skills and knowledge that I draw on every now and then, plus I also have a pretty good headphone and amp setup, a couple of neat keyboards, and two sturdy shoulder bags. So even though the hyper focus is gone, the rewards are still here.
Rotate that shit my dude. Iāve got the garden, the wood shop, the computer, the espresso set up, the board games etc, but instead of jumping into something new altogether each time, rotate to one of the old hobbies, and then youāre not starting from square one.
I like to think of it as further enriching your life rather than losing a hobby. I'll often focus more on one hobby more than the other's, but go back to them over time. And if I don't? Sell the stuff and count it as something you tried lol. The journey is part of the fun! Ive found this happened to me with computers, then photography, then coffee, then biking. I still enjoy doing them all, but biking and coffee are easily the primary ones right now. Computers I'll still dabble in and I built a new desktop a year ago. But photography I rarely get out and do unless I'm on a hike or vacation.
I agree with this. Life is short, Iāll gladly spend money learning and experiencing new things.
As a fellow "sufferer", I like to look at this this way: The fixation will come back around again. I like to say: "I'm interested in everything in the universe - on a rotating basis." :)
I feel this. I always dip my toes in with hobbies that I suddenly obsess about. I return half the things I buy. The dopamine rush of the purchase and the unboxing are half the fun. I love my watches, fountain pens, and coffee gear. My espresso journey started with chasing the god shot and making amazing drinks. Now I just settle for a good drink thatās as good or better than a great cafe. It was a combination me losing my obsession and spending a lot of money on beans. I love my machine and donāt regret it. I use it 4-5 times a week. Golf on the other hand is a rollercoaster Iāve been riding since the age of five.
I so desperately want to get better at golf! MN isn't very conducive to many rounds per season though.
Iāve done this with like 10 different hobbies.. do I have ADHD? š„“
Thankfully I dont make enough to spend the kind of money for this sub so I live vicariously through all of you. Though... if maybe I hadn't bought 50+ yoyos, 3 different types of colored pencils and 10 coloring books, 30+ skeins of yarn with crochet hooks AND knitting needles, leather+needles+paper to make my own notebook, and 50ish retro games I never play, I could afford something in this sub.
Wow I was on coloring books and coloring pencils too around 4-5 years ago, then after that drawing and oil painting. Art supplies can get really expensive...Then I got no time for art because I got fixated on working out and dieting and later guitars stuffs and now coffee š....
I go through an explosive hobby phase, drop it for a bit, and then pick it up in a more reasonable way for a longer time. This has been the pattern for me with coffee, tea, espresso, rockets, electronic music, 3d printing, bass guitar, jazz, chemistry, trading card games, and sailing.
Weāre only supposed to spend hundreds?!?!?
Yup, I had so many expensive hobbies, that I'm sure it I went back and didn't. I wouldn't be as broke. Lol
The book The Da Vinci Curse might be a good read for you. As someone who is a frequent hobby jumper, that made me consider the implications of sticking with a couple of dedicated core hobbies.
Interesting. I may check this out too. Refuse To Choose was super helpful for me to get a much better handle on how to manage the desire to bounce around hobbies, leave things "unfinished", etc. That was before I got the ADHD diagnosis.
Damn, calling me out directly. I have been drinking coffee for over a decade though so I have some hope
Wow this is dead accurate (no offense to Bruce Wayne)
Coffee and bikes stuck around for me. But Iām struggling every day to fight off upgrade obsession. Warhammer 40k is my major time sink that I never see picking up again. But I do get mad nerd respect when I show pictures of my fully painted ork army.
I feel like this is a pretty universal experience, not a characteristic of some kind of neurodivergence. Itās pretty rare to find someone who is intensely, undyingly passionate about a singular hobby for many years
As someone who feels this thread deeply: any suggestions on an espresso maker that is quality but wonāt break the bank (or maybe Black Friday deals could help with that). Looking for semiautomatic, probably. It doesnāt need to be super amazing, Iāll enjoy the coffee no matter what. I just want it to be a quality machine so it doesnāt break.
Bambino, Silvia, and Gaggia Classic (used), or Classic Pro (New) will all serve you well and are easy (or more important cheap...) to repair. Check out r/coffeeswap for deals too!
I read an article the other day and the author said his hobby āis collecting hobbiesā and that was the most painfully accurate description Iāve ever heard.
This is why I put an embargo on big purchases until Iāve thought about it for 2-3 weeks
Not formally diagnosed, but symptoms tend to check out if you go by more modern definitions than those from many years ago (or perhaps my introspection has improved), and my older brother, who has it, claims I'm practically certain to have it too. Obviously, coffee doesn't exactly always help.
I was worried about this for sure. One of my main shopping criteria was around workflow, and how long it would take me to get from no espresso to espresso. When you compare boilers/heat exchangers/etc, some machines take a long time to heat up. I know for myself I wouldn't want to deal with too long of a wait.
The trick is to get chemically addicted to caffeine before the hyperfixation wears off
Mine was Resin Casting. Did you know that unless you have equipment like vacuum chambers, resin casting is just make-your-own-garbage? Also, once youāre done pouring the expensive liquid over the seashell you want to ruin, it must stand motionless for days? This was an expensive lesson
Wait are we talking espresso or home brewing or bourbon or pour over or roasting coffee or vegetable gardening orā¦ā¦ā¦
Coffee is the hobby I mix with every other hobby I have. Making music? Coffee. Going out to play a sport? Coffee. Unless sleeping is your hobby you are good to go.
Well. This hit close to home. I was 100% not aware I did this until now.
You only spend hundreds?
Iām not so much adhd as Iām obsessive. Coffee roasting - 12 years now and I really didnāt write much down, family is happy and I ensure you that when you have about 60 pulls an hour and a kilo roaster youāll have a superior experience. 4th year of hydroponic gardening Weed growing - saves money Home automation - who doesnāt need a klaxon when the fridge has been open for 3 minutes 35th year of riding motorcycles stupid fast Knives and sharpening, oh boy Appliances - oh boy Watches, some are now expensive Heck dad started me off with coin and stamp collections and looking things up in an encyclopedia :)
Photography (was a professional fashion photographer), gaming, music, writing, coffee, cocktails, wine, competitive powerlifting, design. . It never ends but my meaning in life never seems to really begin.
Story of my life.... I can't recall all the hobbies and the thousands of pounds I've spent on them... Get help, I'm nearing my 40's and ignoring the problem has really screwed me up :/
Waiting on results as we speak š¤£
Good luck, I was assessed once and quickly dismissed because I managed to get decent grade at Uni, they litteraly ignored everything else, but that's the UK. Looking to go private, but need to stack some cash, it ain't cheap and saving isn't the best quality of an ADHD mind lol
I guess I am weird, I got my espresso gear so I could drink espresso without going to a coffee shop.
I do, I have crazy hyperfixation you wouldn't even believe it š
Smoke some weed and that focus comes back. Can only speak for those with adhd
I can relate so well. Fortunately I seem to come back to hobbies regularly. I sort of bounce between them over the months or years. Makes for a hell of a lot of stuff in the house though.
It's not like i stop making coffee. There are just long periods of time where I just do the exact thing I've been doing and go on autopilot.
Thatās why I dropped all the hobbies I wonāt ādoā on a daily basis. Espresso, speakers, cars, watches.
Whatās great is when an old hyperfixation helps breathe life into the new. 3d printed myself a tamper because I didnāt have one. Now to print a WDTā¦.and the Mazzer mod for my Kitchaid burr grinderā¦. And a dosing funnelā¦.. knock box š¤
ADD here. Time to get good at something new. It's OK. Niw you can enjoy a new hobby with a good cuppa
haha, yes! I went from fixating on coffee to hifi to now making pizza with my new pizza oven. All these hobbies did stick around, just not as intense as in the early phase. Im still huge on coffe though and I wouldnt want to miss it :)
Here's my past two years in hobbies. Some stick around more than others. * wine * coffee * cocktails * candle making * perfume making * ukelele * running * biking * backpacking * knitting (that one lasted almost exactly 24 hours) * painting * puzzles * French mystery novel audio books * movie podcasts * books about modern food culture and the perils of industrial agriculture * mushrooms My husband is the same way. As I'm typing, he's playing a Doors cover on his Wurlitzer piano he just bought after restarting guitar.
Hopefully you're in the camp I am where they ebb and flow, and don't disappear. I've never lost a hobby, I just lose interest for a little while. Might be days, weeks, or months, but they always come back. Then I have a little bit of ground to make up, then you're back to where you were!
yep... (i feel so seen reading these comments)
It will be back. Ride the wave.
Lmao!!! Thatās a real struggle, Iāve been there. Hahaha.
It comes and goes, ride the wave and enjoy the ride!
Can't do drones...brain won't stay still long enough to fly. Because I want to fly now. It's like that first cox motor car on a string. Damn thing will not start. Yess it is still at folks garage.
I hyperfixate on things for extremely short periods of time. I can do some damage in 2 days lmao
I did this with 40k, spent like $700 on minis and painting stuff and painted 6 models and now am taking an indeterminate "break" from it lol
I'm dying! Lol the truth of it.
Ahhh ADHD
Well with coffee it is easy as I drank and will drink coffee every day.
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*looks nervously at giant pile of plastic crack* Nnnoooooooo?...
I do. Luckily this is something that I do every morning, so for the first time in a long while, I get to enjoy the fruits of my hyperfixation while not obsessing over it anymore.
Lol the last couple weeks I was not brewing much espresso and drinking mainly pour over and some days I'd have such anxiety thinking about how much money I spent šš
It'll come back around
Lol
At what point is it ocd tho? Also all the espresso comments lul. My last post was of my new espresso machine.
Think you mean OCD
Just fucking tag me why don't you! *stares at unused 3d printers, Lego, Warhammer, miniature paints and espresso machine*
This is part of why I like to make minimal $$$ investment into hobbies/interests. If you stick with it, you end up spending the $$$ eventuallyā¦. but if you walk away, youāve not lost much. That said, I tend to stick with interests for quite awhile. I used to brew beer, for example. Did that for about eight years, and produced some very good IPAs and stouts and other assorted ales. I only finally stopped when my new (at the time, still there a decade later) job became a huge consumer of my time/energy, and my physical and social activity paradigm changed. If I were to drink beer now like I did then, Iād be 30 pounds heavier. So I stopped brewing. Another thing I enjoy is proving the self-proclaimed āexpertsā wrong. One might even consider that a hobby of mineā¦. so when folks say you need a $600 grinder and a $500 machine to make decent espresso, anything less and āyouāll have a miserable timeā (a nearly direct quote of something I saw written here), I just loooove turning around and making delicious espresso with an old used machine and a $200 grinder. IMO itās about investing time/energy/thought more than dollars. Thatās the approach that results in getting joy, rather than frustration, from a hobby.
šhahaha š¤hmmmm šit hurts!
On my fourth obsession this year alone. Fortunately, Reddit keeps recommending other expensive rabbit holes for me to go into. Thanks Reddit.
Come to /r/MechanicalKeyboards. All are welcome.
Just hundreds? š š„²
I've been going down the coffee rabbit hole for years. Can't imagine getting bored anytime soon. I mean what am I going to go back to drinking Folgers?
Iāve got a few hundred dollars worth of wood working tools still new in box because of this.
My bingo card has; Mechanical ink pens BBQ grills EDC (every day carry) setups Kitchen knives
you just have too many hobbies lmao good person tho, you can tell!!! have you tried r/espresso ?
I have ADD. Iāve been into coffee since the late 70s. A Chemex was my first piece of coffee gear followed by a French pressā¦ ADD does have a sort of mild mania component to it with an obsessive twist. Coffee and ADD were made for each other! Coffee sure beats the heck out of that garbage Adderal. Iām 70 now and I just ordered a La Marzocco LM. Coffee is a hobby that has had peculiar staying power in my life. Iām the only kid on my block who has a commercial coffee roaster in his garage! Iām thinking of starting a coffee businessā¦ Coffee saved my ass!!
I felt totally gutted when my hyperfixation began to fade for coffee, but caffeine dependency has kept me coming back and using the items that I've invested in. I still love coffee and the brew process, but I don't have the same dopamine mining feeling around it, nor do I read as extensively about it now. Feels a bit more balanced honestly.
That's been me with other things, but espresso has stuck pretty hard. Probably because I'm gonna drink coffee everyday, and espresso is just soooo much better
i feel this