This is something that’s been frustrating me to no end recently as I’ve had a ton of time over the holidays to do whatever I want. I have a dozen half beaten games and half watched tv shows that I really should just finish but idk why I just can’t stick to one thing until it’s done and then move on to the next like a normal person.

  • folkrav@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    I recently realized that many of the things I end up sticking with are those I didn’t pick up on a whim, but that I planned to take a look at for a while and pushed back on. For example, I’ve owned Elite Dangerous for more than a year, I was barely touching it for the first six months, and played extremely occasionally otherwise. This lasted until last November, when something just… clicked, to the point my wife got together with my mother to buy me a HOTAS this Christmas.

    Rest assured that your experience does sound extremely familiar. It’s very difficult to stick to something. The dopamine rush I get from the very act of figuring out something new just doesn’t last past the novelty phase.

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      5 days ago

      Yeah actually now that you mention it I do that alot too; I’ll start something but not be able to fully get into it the first time around only for it to click sometime later. Maybe I just need to wait for my brain to “click”