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Does limiting things you actually enjoy help? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So my entire life has been extreme boredom, followed by finding a book/videogame/hobby I find interesting, doing nothing but that for awhile, then never touching it again.

I'm debating maybe trying to make a rule of not doing something two days in a row. Like I just found a video game I liked and played it all day yesterday and today, and while I still wanna play I already feel its shininess wearing off.

Curious if anyone else has tried to space out their dopamine buttons and if it helped. So maybe like instead of just playing the same game tomorrow, I'll need to try other games, or maybe try to find a new book series to hyper focus on...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've actually lent completely in the other direction. I used to be more like you described, and I'd get annoyed and frustrated with myself when I started losing interest, or I'd get anxious wondering what I would do next. Now, I try to get every bit of enjoyment while my hobbies are still interesting to me, knowing I'll be moving on soon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I guess that's what I've been doing, but I just never seem to find things fast enough so spend so long bored between. So guess I either need to learn to find things that are interesting faster, or spread them out.