Abandoned Hobbies

I look at this group of hobbies differently. But then, I wasn't diagnosed with ADD until I was 72. I see these as activities that I've tried through out my life to create some minimal knowledge about many different things to discover what I prefer or really like to do. And, I consider this "good" instead of self-defeating. I and several others that I know have tried various things as "exploration," not as an end in and of itself. And, some pursuits were more appropriate at certain times in my life. This has also been true of volunteerism. When it's appropriate and I can, I do it. When I don't feel up to it or have other "no" reasons, I don't. I do like sewing in many forms and have all of the stuff to work with including machines, but have not done any recently because I need to "find" my sewing room. I do knitting and have some in progress projects, but I can't locate the necessary yarn to complete a project that is about 10 yards shy of an ending. That's "bugging" me. And, my real need is to get rid of things for "some day" because there are not sufficient some days to completing even a portion of those projects. My only son committed suicide about 12 years back and my mental and physical abilities took a hiatus. I could not settle on getting anything organized, finished, or even keeping house. I am finally beginning to heal and now I am overwhelmed with all I've left undone. So, I guess I look at this whole issue differently.

Agreed. Also several different forms of volunteer work.

I am alarmed at the number of shared abandoned hobbies we share. I wonder if there’s some ADHD appeal that lures us to those hobbies — I mean I have 11 of those headstones in my neglected hobby yard. 4 others listed but I am under the illusion they are not abandoned... yet.

Kalkail

Yeah.....

Sara Richter

F

Chloë Salzenberg

So true - I need to stop procrastinating and pick one and do it. Just can’t decide which....

They aren't dead, just in suspended animation to be returned to when not working constantly! lol

Jackie Meyer

Yep - tried at least 7 of those myself. The candle-making was the shortest lived I think.

Crystal Coleman

i'm dead

Damn Dani, you didn't have to come at me like this

yaboicolleen

Tagging myself: there are at least 8 but I'm working on a new hobby now, so, I'm too preoccupied with it to list them...

Kathleen Bennallack

I resemble this WAY too much for comfort

Sam Howard

This is a mood.

Music Mixing, andPiano (not guitar, but an instrument) are within the timeframe. If we don't filter on time, add Photography, Animation, and Stand Up Comedy. I don't know if I should include Web Design and Python since those are, technically, part of my day job.

Dylan Northrup

Could be fun to make my own graveyard - but I'm going to do all that stuff, *someday*, I swear!

Dyna

I count 6 from this image that I've had excitement about and then gave up at different stages. I do have 2 that are alive though 🎉. I play a lot of disc golf, and I'm in school for web design (although I had to go to school to keep with it. Trying to do self taught failed).

Tag yourself I'm Calligraphy, Sewing, Knitting, Gardenning, Jewelry Making, Web Design & Bujo.

Dyna

Ancestry seems to be one of my lost hobbies that reappears every few years.

I'm in this tweet and I don't like it