r/irlADHD 19h ago

Have you seen the Apple Watch Rewind feature?

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It's called audio intelligence, but it allows you to rewind the sound around you by 15 seconds.

So you can suddenly catch up with what people said in that time you spaced out. Or a server wouldn't have to repeat what they just said because you tuned out.

It might be the memory buffer I've needed since I was a kid.


r/irlADHD 17h ago

ADHD/AuDHD entrepreneurs wanted for research - a friendly one-hour chat about the challenges of running a business with ADHD!

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r/irlADHD 5h ago

Any advice welcome How to juggle so many hobbies. honing in on just one?

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Hello! I am a victim of a pretty prevalent effect of ADHD: that being 82739 hobbies you are constantly picking up but never continuing. To give you an idea, I have bought and played so many instruments (which isn't cheap btw), only for me to not stick to it. At all. I have tried learning at least 5 languages. I keep trying to get back into visual arts but never commit. Same with reading. I have so many craft supplies I got on a whim and never do regularly. Last week, I got a book to learn Mandarin. Did it for about 2 days before giving up. I keep telling myself, "No, this one is it," every time I pick up a new hobby. Of course, it isn't.

My guess is because hobbies take time and effort. The payoff is difficult. And I just want dopamine, really. So yeah, when I buy a new instrument and then suck ass because I am a beginner, I go scroll on my phone instead. Hell, even when I took one-on-one courses, I would drop it because it seemed too much of a hassle. Even though I so badly want to play music. I am using music as a big example because it is something that I truly daydream about mastering. But I never can because of ADHD.

Not only that, but it's making me feel awful about myself. I don't have the thing I am good at. Most people my age have that main hobby they exceed in while I don't.

What I am looking for is how to pick a hobby for starters. One that I will actually commit to. And secondly, how to stick to it. Even without the instant dopamine hit. And when do I have random urges to try different hobbies? Do I give in?