So here is my deal. Some individuals have obsessions with one thing and some of those obsessions are taxing on their lives where some actually enrich them. My issues is that I have SO MANY interests and obsessions that I cannot focus on one thing long enough to enjoy it. I have always had this, but it seems to be getting worse as I get older. When I was in college I would be obsessed with music and that would last maybe an entire semester where I would do nothing but think of making music on the computer. But now that I am older and have different stresses and responsibilities, I find I am changing interests on an almost weekly basis. (I call them interests, not obsessions even though I am usually obsessed with a certain interest...) They usually shift between math, writing, comic books, art, back to math depending on what I read in a comic (thanks XKCD...) which will typically lead to cryptograms or chess or go or any other math game, then my brain will start to hurt so I'll try to shift focus to music or reading or something less taxing etc etc etc. Typically these "interests" will overlap and sometimes, if there is a relevance, co-exist. So I find I am thinking of about a dozen things at once at all times and it turns into brain static, and none of them are things I should be thinking about like work or family. Needless to say, my brain really hurts right about now and I usually feel selfish for not thinking about the things that are important more.
Does anyone have this? If so, how do you stay focused on one thing?
12 Mar 2013, 10:02 pm
