For example, I play the drums and tend to think of myself as a drummer. Do you love games, consider yourself a gamer? Are you a chef, a bodybuilder, maybe an artist? What is it that you love to do?
Nerd. I just do a ton of nerdy things, s’all. I can program, design in CAD, play PC games, design electronics, work in IT security, work on 3D printers, grow mushrooms of all kinds and the list goes on. For the most part, I just like to learn about all kinds of engineering things. Learning about quantum physics is my newest endeavor, but not at super high level of course.
What has happened over the years is that I have just learned to exploit my ADHD and all of my hobbies tie into each other somehow. It’s more efficient and it helps if I start to lose interest in one of them for a bit.
Edit: Even my profile here is filled with a ton of random information. I just have researched a ton and done a metric fuck ton of things, s’all. It quite literally is a mental condition. Lulz.
Hello cousin. I feel where you’re coming from.
I’m not a “Senior Process Analyst” or even a lawyer.
I’m a dad and a maker and a nerd.
Fair. I did spend a LOT more time thinking about Terms of Use and arguing with OnShape’s legal department when investigating CAD apps than a normal human would have. I checked out of actual practicing well over a decade ago, though.
Lol. A dad and a maker here as well. Just saying “maker” would have summarized everything much better.
Too much gaming and The Expanse and arguing about Star Wars online to say I’m only doing productive nerdy things, but even back to high school and college, long before I ever heard the term, sometimes the urge to “just make somethin’” would become overwhelming.
Another ADHD, maker and hobby collector. I was/is into keyboards, CAD, firearm engineering, electronic engineering, micro soldering, computer repair, kitchen knives, sharpening, wood working, etc.
What ties my hobbies around is mostly making and engineering. I love hobbies that have a thing to solve. Both designing and executing optimal performance for each of my hobbies, thus the engineering and making.
Once I perfect my woodworking, electronics, and CAD/3D printing, I will have finally achieved the maker’s holy trifecta
I use CAD for work, What sorts if things do you design and what program do you use?
Fusion360. It’s mostly used for designing stuff for 3D printing. I use it a ton for random things around the house as well as to supplement my other hobbies.
I don’t put much stuff on Printables, but here is one of the more “successful” ones: https://www.printables.com/model/548516-printable-drywall-mount (It somehow got listed as a featured model on the frontpage. That was… random.)
I’ll use it for larger projects where I need to simulate movement, like for a full CNC machine I am designing.
This CNC z-axis was fully designed in CAD so I could print out templates for drilling holes and also pre-test for stresses. It’s an upgrade I had to make for my cheap 3018 CNC to mill PCBs and cut parts for my new CNC:
Are we all just too proud to start identifying first and foremost as a masturbator?
It’s definitely allowed. I’ve met lots of people who gave me the distinct impression that they were wankers.
I’m not sure if you mean for me to take that personally. But I did take that personally. I laughed anyway, totally agree.
Not at all. Love your username btw. Though I believe Ook was an orangutan, not a gorilla.
I’m a weed farmer for sure. It’s a fun hobby and at the end, you get to get baked!
I have a few friends that grow weed, I’ve heard it’s super rewarding, and you get tons of flower to smoke! Nice choice, I’m glad you’re having fun with it 😉
I collect flashlights and am registered as a flasher…
Running and bird photography. Both of them are more than incidental hobbies. They shape how I see myself
