I wanna do really many things (as hobbies). But mostly I just think of them and nothing more. I have plenty of time and I still do some things, but that’s not enough. So how do I make my wannabe hobbies become my habits?
I wanna do really many things (as hobbies). But mostly I just think of them and nothing more. I have plenty of time and I still do some things, but that’s not enough. So how do I make my wannabe hobbies become my habits?
We only really do things within what we are used to by habit. You can pick up a new hobby by revisiting the same time every day or every few days to do something related to that task or to just do something random, then you have time where you feel like doing random thing at that time. I have to cook for everyone i live with most days at the middle of the day so i always take a break from working then, i literally always feel like stopping work come 12:00 or sometimes even 11:00. Can’t fight this unless i’m in flow state and literally know someone else will make food today.
I think i’ve already shared with someome recently, but this video is a great guide on habit formation and making time for things. AA: Truth about effortless yet insane productivity
personal anecdotes
Something that took me a long time to make a habit is running, because i actually don’t like doing exercise habitually, and i wanted it to be connected more to whether i feel like doing it. The key is to do build up activities - for running this included walks, to build up stamina, and to pick out different routes i could use. Also, tedting out different stretches and leg workouts.
Spoiler alert: exercise really should be a scheduled thing, that’s what makes it Exercise™︎, like “Your body gets fitter” and not just exercise the biology term for “some calories are burned, i guess. Whatever.”
Another hobby: pickling. First few times i was focusing on testing different jars i had, and practicing sanitisation of them, so i only made 1-2 jars of stuff at once.
The first step is to gauge what time of the day you feel like doing that thing and can feasibly do it, and it might mean killing one activity you do at that time. And scheduling it - i just mark it out on google calendar and then get a notification reminding me. This takes advantage of the sunk cost fallacy, you’ve already sunk a small little effort+planning cost into it and now want to see the task through. It’s also like an appointment - a date/meeting with yourself.
You can also juat use that time tk sit down and read about the hobby and then if ideas come to you whike you’re reading inspiration/guides, you can immediateoy get up and do them.