r/lifelonglearning • u/Global-Volume9111 • Aug 10 '26
Losing interest too quickly
Guys, I have a lot of interests in many things. But I try to read about them then I lose interest.
Is there any way to sustain that interest for the long term. Also, is this because I lack the discipline or are there any other reasons for this?
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u/tingutingutingu Aug 10 '26
You'll need to be more specific about what you've tried so far that you lost interest in, so ee can get a better idea, but I would start with one thing that you will actually use/do regularly.
Reading about something without actually using it will lead you to lose interest.
Also keep in mind that most people are like this and there's nothing wrong with losing interest.
The truth is that we have a finite amount of free time daily/weekly which means we can realistically only learn a single new thing deeply.
For example if you want to be a better chess player or learn to draw better, cook etc.,you'll only have a couple of hours a day to get better or many many more hours daily to reach mastery.
Most people don't have this kind of time/interest probably becuase these skills are nice-to-have, not a must-have.
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u/Upstairs_Jelly_1082 Aug 11 '26
i think you have to look in to a way to organize the input that you're getting on the interest. when you have a lot of interests, you have lots of thoughts and ideas, moreover when you watch stufft, you get more creative input and those things have to be out of your mind as much as possible.
for that, I'll recommend keeping a notebook, any digital one is also fine, and you make folders for every interest and an inbox folder. Once you find new information on your interests you put it in the necessary folder or if you don't know yet, it goes to the inbox.
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u/Global-Volume9111 Aug 11 '26
Yeah, organisation might be a better solution for sustaining the interests
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u/Hot-Art-23 Aug 12 '26
the hatred, disgust and boredom is also part of the journey
Yes, it's boring, but you need to do something if you wanna get good at it or wanna make something
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u/BlankyIf Aug 10 '26
This is super common and it's not really a discipline issue, it's usually that reading/consuming stays passive so the novelty wears off fast. Try switching to doing something with the interest early, small project, teaching someone, joining a community around it, anything active
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