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How do you work on your hobbies if you have obligations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world to c/ask@piefed.social

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I just get too overwhelmed if I have any important life things and can't start working on a hobby project because I'm too afraid I wouldn't have the time to finish it or that it might hurt my real obligations. I've never been able to balance these two.

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[–] Bonus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Detach, Prioritize, and then face the fact you have to become a little selfish or self-involved to bring projects to fruition, even if only for small bursts. If you pursue your passions professionally, you find ways to systematize and compartmentalize. I may be mentally ill but I never warmed to the hobby approach to my skill-sets. I just always went all in.