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Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time? (feddit.nl)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm pretty sick of my content addiction, like watching youtube or netflix all the time. I would rather be spending my time otherwise so figured fun things are the best to start. Do you have tips for fun things to do? Or how I could search for them?

Some I came up with myself:

Learning some magic tricks
Learning some origami
Thrift shopping

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Edit: thank you for the huge response!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing, I think a lot of people can relate to feeling unmotivated to do their hobbies after work. I read a blog post recently (struggling to find the link) that paradoxically feeling too tired for hobbies after work can be a vicious cycle, and you're better off trying the hobbies anyway to increase your motivation for doing them. That's really helped me with a game I'm working on. When I can't work on it for a while, I lose motivation. But once I make some small progress each day, I feel motivated to keep working on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I can definitely relate to this. It seems like even a little time with a hobby has a large impact on my evening. Sometimes I'll do something a little hard like studying Spanish for a few minutes, which leads to guitar and then chess and then I feel more accomplished come bed time. Some how makes me feel more recovered from work