Undiagnosed here, seeking some inspiration and will to not lose hope.
Had anyone successfully gotten in tune with your ever changing hyper fixations?
- If so, how long do your fixation periods last?
- Do you have a structure or benchmark after which you can effectively “close that chapter”?
- What strategies do you have to nudge yourself towards topics which will be meaningful in the long run?
I tend to go from rabbit hole to rabbit hole but it never feels like I’m in control. These fixations never produce any meaningful outcomes and always have a cost which I pay for by neglecting other aspects of my life.
It is a superpower and a weakness as you all probably know. It’s great for expanding your interests and appreciating life through different perspectives. I don’t want to lose it and want to get into some harmony with it. Anyone had any success?
Thank you :)
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I don’t know what I am, but I do hyper focus on projects, lots of them. But I come back to them and forward them, eventually finishing them.
So I have a great wheel of projects :-) sometimes one is finished (built a 3D printer, drew a comics, made and published a game, made a spud amp, …) sometime one is added, dometimes one is dormant (the hyper efficient loudspeaker, online strategy game, …) some are forever projects like drawing and painting.
Sure, I would probably be better at that one thing if I only did that one thing, but it works for me.
It seems you have a good system to bookmark projects! Love the idea of a wheel, just spin it to pick your next direction. That way you’re limiting exposure to new projects while slowly progressing the existing.
Thank you for your response!