So i get many ideas but i never do them and my interests change everyday which can be annoying.
Today my interest is some sort of video creation like maybe doing something on odysee or youtube but idk i hav eno ideas beyound that. i dont want to show my face or voice either becasue i just dont.
sorry i went offtopic, i really need a hobby or somethign also i start consoling next week. if someone has an idea on how to stay on track let me know becasue i think im getting someone with the idea of video creation?
also sorry about spelling…
Sounds like ADHD, my dude.
As someone with ADHD I can tell you this is normal for me. I am not sure if this is normal for people without ADHD but yeah it’s hard for me to stay on track with any idea and follow through with it. It sure is fun to explore all this weird crap but not very useful to not get much done. I will say to give you hope I have still been able to cobble together the skills and abilities over the years to have a professional career but it has taken organization and perseverance that definitely don’t come naturally to me.
I’ve had this issue since I was a child. So many hobbies I’ll get into, research extensively, spend the money do it and then lose all interest whatsoever. Sometimes it can take weeks, sometimes days. Sometimes I’ll find old hobbies and get back into them but the process continues. I’m always looking for something new new do but it seems that I can never stay satisfied. I wish it weren’t that way, I wish I could be compassionate about a single thing and stick with it but I cannot. I don’t know why. I have been tested for ADHD and told my results are normal and this type of behavior is normal for a lot of people.
I feel the same way. I’m starting to seriously think I have ADHD, which might be something to look into. I’m also looking at getting into video content creation - specifically, educational computer science videos.
I’m still figuring it all out, but so far I’ve found two things that seem to help: Scheduling my time as much as possible (I use Google Calendar, with reminders and alerts so I don’t forget), and breaking tasks down into sub-tasks that I can “finish” in an hour or so.
I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread for more tips though, as this is something that frustrates me to no end.
I might also have adhd because i just can never focuse, also do you have any tips for content creation or should i just do whatever becasue i feel so confused and im a bit scared. ive also wante dto make a game but i cant code for the life of me, its just too complex and i tend to want things now.
The trick to content creation in theory is to create content - even if it’s bad, just get started and eventually the quality stuff will follow. “The perfect is the enemy of the good.”
That said, I haven’t made a single educational video, so take anything I say with a huge grain of salt. I very much get hung up on “the perfect” even when I know I shouldn’t.
As for programming, generally speaking, I would recommend learning Python. It’s a very forgiving language that gives results quickly, but can also be used to do pretty much anything.
IDK much about how ADHD works, but I have the kind that means I can’t not focus on something I get interested in, and I really struggle to focus on anything else. It’s great for learning, because I can stick at it for hours upon hours without a break, but it’s terrible for getting work reports out on time.
That’s actually a symptom of adhd in general. The two main differentiators seem to be inattentive or compulsive, or a combo of the two (I have the combo). Hyperfocus sucks as much as you describe because sometimes it’ll end up being 3 AM and you know you needed to go to sleep hours ago, but you really just need to understand everything about penguins and why they have knees.
as someone currently looking into combo ADHD “tips” / helpful info, who is currently writing this at 3:30am and who needed to go to sleep hours ago, I feel this on a personal level…
also, TIL
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Autistic and ADHDers typically have a lot of niche interests that they rotate through and often experience a sense of not wanting the flame to die out as one interest fades into another. I have a feeling a lot of us on Lemmy are probably like that.
