How do I keep a hobby/interest?

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Originally Posted by ssavage 

everything i do i can never stick to. i always end up moving on to something else. every video game i play i end up stopping to play another one. ex i played runescape for probably about 3yrs. then 2 years on a game named pawn. i think about 4months on wow. i used to have headphones as a hobby. now it seems i moved on to airsoft. i played ukelele for a bit. one of my main hobbies that i kinda stick to is bboying. i bboy'd for about six months two years ago and now im picking it up this summer. i just wanna know how to stick to something so i can get really good at it. i'd love to stick to dancing but i never actually do it unless my sister's boyfriend comes over to do it with me. help!

Variety is the spice of life.  I don't think there is anything wrong with changing things up like you do.  I personally don't consider hi-fi do be a hobby for me as I don't care about the equipement, only the results matter to me.

I have a hard time focusing all my energy into just one or two hobby/interests, when I was younger I could do that, but I've found now I just don't enjoy focusing that much. I get several things going at once to keep my interest so I can switch up and do something whenever I feel I need a change. I currently have about 4 games I switch around to, I enjoy searching for new music, hanging out on forums, and watching movies.

My favorite hobby is starting new hobbies (I even put that in my profile!). I know what you mean; in my time I've got into mechanical watches, fountain pens, road cycling, cigars, whisky... Something new will catch my attention, I'll become transfixed by it, spend loads of money on it, reach a certain level or knowledge/ownership and then my interest will start to wain and I'll move onto something else. The only two consistent characteristics of any hobby I've got into are that it's sufficiently complex (i.e. has enough depth/breadth) and that it's material/costs a lot of money.

Head-fi is probably one of the longest running interests I've had so far and I'm hoping I can stick with it. Though that's probably because it's such a wide and deep subject - for example I've moved heavily into DIY after getting my first off-the-shelf setup. Having said that, I've become transfixed by Harbeth speakers recently and I've been considering getting into Vinyl too, so it would appear my brain is moving onto full blown hi-fi. Fortuitously or not, there's no way my wallet can entertain that idea!