Some people believe that sharing the news with people is what ultimately gives you the feelgood chemicals, and then suddenly you have less desire to do the thing.

I don't think this is to say that you shouldn't share your accomplishments. In fact, if you struggle with perfectionism, you might never think that you're totally finished a project. But if you're in the tenuous first stages of a new activity, it might benefit you to wait until things are a little more concrete before sharing the fun stuff.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I heard and kinda do this exact thing based off a TED Talk from years ago.

It kinda works, until you need to start telling your manager wtf you're working on and how much progress you've made 🤦

[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“You let me look inside that box right now, Schrödinger!!”

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

🤓 sure thing, bub

[–] laverabe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

same here, I looked it up: TED talk link and post on rddt.

God that was 14 years ago...

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

How did you just describe the downfall of every hobby I've ever tried.

I try a hobby
I get excited
I tell someone about what I'm learning
Hobby dies

I am trying really hard to get back into my practicing hobbies after a hiatus, because I want to get good, but I'm also struggling with the fact that, by the time I'm good, I won't be able to appreciate it because I'm aware of all the practice I put into it, and it becomes my normal.

I also struggle with committing years to something.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The trick is to tell no one and still do nothing! You get to keep the friends and the anxiety!

[–] maryhadalittlelamp@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly what I did the day I realized people didn't react anymore whenever I told them the new thing I wanted to do, they just knew I wouldn't do shit in the end.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Still try and do the thing. Just don't tell anyone until it's done!

I believe in your book idea/code project/game concept/movie script!

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

No, I really don't need another bunch of money spent for a half finished project that I'm never going to finish or hobby that I'll never return to. It sounds bad but it truly is better for me to give up and not try, at least it doesn't continue piling failures on top of me.

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Notice how all of mine were things for which little money is spent in the process. Lol.

[–] mineymann@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

what kinds of half finished projects do you have laying around, and what kind of hobbies are you never returning to?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Except then I don't share anything with my friends and slowly lose them anyway because I'm boring.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

You can also just shoot down your ideas as you speak them "but I would first need to clean that workspace, and that's impossible"

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Oh, fuck, is that an ADHD symptom?

Every day I find out more and more of me is just mental illness

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 11 points 2 months ago

When people tell me about a project and say, "oh, this took me 5 years to do" it just makes me think, "damn, so it'd take me 10 years to get something twice as bad as this?"

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

And yet you've created this very Lemmy instance we're posting on. Curious.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On the good side your family and friends start just not believing you when you say you're going to do this thing

On the bad side sometimes (so far exactly once for me) a friend will implement the idea you sketched that time and haven't done yourself, and they do it wrong

[–] Noobnarski@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Best thing is, when you finally do do the thing, everyone is going to be surprised. And you can say that you did tell them that you would do it.

Ask me how I know.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Just a tinge of RSD

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so so SO many plans on the "back burner" its ludicrous

[–] Sasquatch@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Everything on the back burner, nothing on the front burner

[–] T156@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Front burner's all burned out, and the replacement hasn't arrived yet. 😔

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Back of the oven is gettin pretty crowded, I could use some more back burners

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Count yourself lucky. My front burner has become a secondary backburner and I've moved on to using a portable cooktop.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Ha! my buddy asked me how my patent was coming along last night. Cringe.

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 4 points 2 months ago

fuck im being attacked! Doing this right this second and have for almost a whole year :(

[–] didnt1able@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Literally me, unfortunately I have gaslit myself into thinking I'm just a lazy person. It's pretty fucked up

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 2 months ago

just poppin to say hi! 🙋‍♂️