What hobby have you tried to get into multiple times but it never sticks and do you know why - revisited

[MJF]

Some hobbies seem like they should be perfect for you but every time you try them they do not take hold. What is yours and have you figured out what the actual barrier is?

Interested in the self-knowledge aspect as much as the hobby itself

[Sequence19]

Running. Tried five separate times over fifteen years. It never sticks. I have finally accepted that I find running actively unpleasant rather than difficult-but-rewarding and the latter is what makes a habit

[Grover26]

Meditation. I understand the evidence for it, I want to want to do it, but every time I try I find fifteen minutes of sitting with my thoughts actively worse than just having my thoughts while doing something

[Kai_37]

Journaling. The barrier is that I find writing about my own life less interesting than writing about ideas. Solved it eventually by journaling about what I am thinking not what I am doing

[Raven]

Guitar. The barrier is specifically the gap between what I can hear in my head and what I can produce with my hands. Some people find that gap motivating. I find it demoralising. I have made peace with being an appreciator not a player

[TheLegendBrett88]

Cooking proper meals rather than quick functional food. I keep thinking I will get into it and keep finding it feels like work I have to do rather than something I want to do. The output is good, the process feels like obligation

[Zach91]

The self-knowledge insight: the hobbies that stick for me involve continuous improvement feedback that I can see. The hobbies that do not stick have slower or more subjective feedback. That is useful information about how I am wired

[Jackson79]

Drawing. The barrier is tolerance for being bad at something in front of myself. Interestingly I am fine being bad at things in front of other people. The private failure is somehow harder