You don't need to turn an amp very loud either

Just do lots of different stuff until you find something you like. I pick up a new hobby every couple years, but I'm always picking stuff up and putting it back down

I have way too many hobbies I have to decide what to focus on

Yeah my only hobby is playing video games and that’s really the only thing I do aside from work eat sleep

@Trashboat What are your current hobbies? Be honest, even it it's currently just videogames lol.

Yeah that’s it

@Trashboat Hmm. Well I'll tell you upfront, growing up with the vidya, it becomes a part of you. Practically a substitute for the mythos and adventure lacking in the white man's modern life. So don't expect to quit 100% for at least another couple of years, if that's your goal.

Sec I got more to say gotta get chicken outta the oven

Do it up brother

Anyways, that was the impression I got since you mentioned your iron pilling on them being a perpetual cycle of short term gratification that goes no where etc etc

(That you want to quit)

So currently, for the past couple years, I'll probably play three-four top notch games a year, typically binging by spending all my free time on them for a week or so until I finish them. E.g. Witcher 3, Cuphead, right now Im looking for to remake of RE2 and Cyberpunk 2077

But, for about two years before that, (I'm 23 and halfway through with college, fyi,) I stopped playing all MMOs, league, etc. and only did FPS's or more casual things like Rocket League just to interact with some old friends and my male relatives

a social activity

then, for a year before that tapering began, I began taking care of my daughters. So naturally, as I graduated high school, began college, work, etc. I simply stayed busy enough to where I didnt have the time to play, sucked sometimes but I got used to it

So my suggestion is on the video games alongside whatever you figure out for the hobbies, (getting to that in a bit,)

try to do something similar. I know a few guys on IE play some more low-investment titles like FortNite, so reach out on the national fireside. (unless you're a shit player that brings the team down, would hate to force that on them haha but I doubt you're bad,) with the rule being you'll only play with other IE guys, and perhaps one single player title every month or two

Definitely the first step is to stop playing MMO's, DOTA, or even for a game like Overwatch don't play ranked anymore, or if you do adhere to that rule of only doing it to socialize with IRL or IE friends etc.

Anything that's a time sink

cut that shit out

As for picking a hobby, do you currently workout? Are you in decent shape?

If you're not lifting... what are you doing? (rhetorical provocative question)

No, I’m in the process of getting more weight for my bar and a squat rack/bench

Playing WoW

Eating apples

Going to work

I know I was being a tool

First step to improving anything is admitting/recognizing the problem, that's good haha.

It doesn't take much to put you above the average person these days either, sadly. But take pride in that fact you aren't NPC'ing through life.

Woohoo?

Doing it for the wahmen and whatnot is only limited in how it can motivate you. What motivates me is larping around the gym, as if I were a soldier training to protect my family or children etc.

My number one advice for getting started on the gym, or if you fall out of the routine:

Just show up. 3-4 times a week.

Like, even if you don't do much, forming that habit removes some mental resistance. Even if you just walk on the treadmill for a bit, etc

Well my gym would be the garage

eventually, as you're showing up regularly, you'll get bored and perhaps even frustrated with your lackluster workout, and that walk turns into a jog

I know that sounds like obvious advice, but as an adult with a job and responsibility in an organization etc, it's easy to skip a day or two and suddenly you're off track and a whole week or two flies by

so that just helps overcome that intertia

inertia*

Well, still haha, even if it's your garage I think it applies.

Something I've never got to try that might be a luxury to you is putting a TV up with a treadmill, because you can get a good workout if you walk long enough for like an hour, just use that time to watch education videos etc