My only game I think on steam with over 1000 hours is one I have played on and off with friends over the years. For the other examples, I can’t say I have done those, but if I get hooked on something, I just kind of lose track of time and dont really pay attention to how much I am putting into it.

The key is to do it frequently, but not for a long period of time. You will become exhausted if you play the same game for 6 hours every day.

I spend about two hours playing the same game every day or two. However, They constantly add new content. (TFT, WoW)

Or, when we are on a voice call, my friends may play a game (such as Tetris, Shapez, or Diablo) that is different from mine so that they don’t have to try too hard to maintain focus.

I’ve just accepted it’s my personality type and I jump around hobbies. People are built different, I’m sure the people who can focus 1000 hours on a hobby have other things they wish they did different. Embrace yourself and how your brain works when it comes to your leisure time.

That being said if I have something I want to focus on for self-growth/productivity reasons I use bullet journaling to hold myself accountable and stay on track. It’s helped a lot.

The key is to actually not care about the time spent, but rather what you do with it. If you’re counting how long it’s been, it’s gonna be a grind, but if you’re really focused in your goals, time flies and you get what you wanted.

Also, as others have mentioned, having multiple interests to jump back and forth to goes a long way in preventing burnout.

Well, if it’s something you’re just interested in, then at some point you might become no longer interested in it. That’s fine, it’s normal, it’s why people end up with an attic full of supplies for old hobbies. I’ve had certain hobbies and interests for 30+ years but it’s not literally doing the same thing over and over again, there’s plenty of variation within a topic. Always new things to learn, techniques to try, tools to use. If that variety ever stops, yep, I’ll probably lose interest.

But your question seems to be more about long-term projects, which aren’t something you just happen to get lucky and stay interested in. You have to actually make the decision to do the thing, set the time aside, and have discipline even on the days the magical motivation fairy didn’t happen to sprinkle her dust on you.