Submitted by mwing95 t3_10v6tvg in LifeProTips
You know the story. Easy good grades in school, always told I was good at anything I picked up, constantly praised for how quick I was at learning anything, blah blah blah.
Now, 27 years old, I have a habit of picking up hobbies and losing all motivation if I'm not instantly good. I've lost a lot of money due to investing into these hobbies and it never ends up going anywhere. I'm not a horder so it isn't like I'm living in the remnants of my failures, but still.
How do you get past that initial drop in motivation? How do you maintain hobbies if/when you slip up and aren't naturally good at it?
Edit: thank you everyone for all the advice! Seems like the biggest running theme is I might have ADHD (which this isn't the first time I've been told that...) So I'll start there.