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Obviously the most important part of developing a hobby is choosing a hobby, and there are two mistakes people often make when choosing. The first is that they choose a hobby they think will make them cool to other people instead of chossing something one they can truly get lost in doing. The other is they overload their specific orientation. What I mean by orientation is that everyone has a strength in either the physical, creative, or social direction. Their job probably goes in that direction as well as their existing interests. The problem is that we need at least a little bit of all three to properly give us the physical and mental energy to continue through the hard times.
The obvious step to developing a hobby is perseverance - not giving up after a week. It is incredibly helpful to be aware of your learning pattern for this. For almost everyone, they will become noticeably better and therefore more interested in whatever they are doing during the first week. Then, they will plateau. It is during this plateau that almost everyone will quit and say they are not cut out for whatever they are doing. After a month you will, however, notice an incremental improvement. After this everyone’s pattern will differ slightly, but there is no one who will not improve over time (and improving and conquering goals is highly gratifying which will give you more perseverance).
There is a list of over a hundred hobbies in the 5 tool system I give away for free when you sign up at the Dopamine Challenge. The first tool is also super important when it comes to creating a hobby - that is, making a simple non negotioable 3 item to do list. This sounds like standard advice, but the point of it is to learn to trust yourself. As you start to realize you can count on your future self to come through for promises you’ve made you can start enjoying making goals and that will help you develop a hobby.
I always say, imagine yourself in 10 years doing tai chi as the sunsets, speaking another language, or whipping up masterful French Pastries. There are so many good reasons not to fall for the urge to just sit down on the couch, but first we have to learn how to control our motivational systems!
The obvious step to developing a hobby is perseverance - not giving up after a week. It is incredibly helpful to be aware of your learning pattern for this. For almost everyone, they will become noticeably better and therefore more interested in whatever they are doing during the first week. Then, they will plateau. It is during this plateau that almost everyone will quit and say they are not cut out for whatever they are doing. After a month you will, however, notice an incremental improvement. After this everyone’s pattern will differ slightly, but there is no one who will not improve over time (and improving and conquering goals is highly gratifying which will give you more perseverance).
There is a list of over a hundred hobbies in the 5 tool system I give away for free when you sign up at the Dopamine Challenge. The first tool is also super important when it comes to creating a hobby - that is, making a simple non negotioable 3 item to do list. This sounds like standard advice, but the point of it is to learn to trust yourself. As you start to realize you can count on your future self to come through for promises you’ve made you can start enjoying making goals and that will help you develop a hobby.
I always say, imagine yourself in 10 years doing tai chi as the sunsets, speaking another language, or whipping up masterful French Pastries. There are so many good reasons not to fall for the urge to just sit down on the couch, but first we have to learn how to control our motivational systems!
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