Reply To: Where did my hobby go?

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Sounds a lot like me if I’m honest. It’s something I’ve been struggling with for quite some time now. I think I’ve overwhelmed myself and burnt myself out. The worst thing is I haven’t really given myself a chance.

I think for me I flick between things, one moment I’m all about one game say Batman the next I’m into something completely different like Star Wars. I buy so much that eventually I’m just so overwhelmed, I’m surrounded by boxes of minis, unpainted and unbuilt piles of plastic, metal, and resin. There has been times where I’ve literally sat at a desk just staring really not knowing what to do and where to even start. I don’t know if depressing would be the right word but something along those lines. As you can imagine nothing ever really gets done, projects get started and dropped.

 

My gaming lately is also non existent, don’t get me wrong I do enjoy it but I really can’t be bothered with the hour round trip to my local store after work, I just get the feeling I really don’t want to be there. To top if off when I do get in the mood to game something always seems to get in the way. I was entered into a Batman tournament the other week that had to be rescheduled. I even drove to my local store for a game of Middle Earth with my mate who unfortunately couldn’t make it in the end so to save a wasted trip I bought more Star Wars Legion which is now still in box unbuilt and unpainted only adding to the problem.

I’ve got all the gear you could want, all the toys but yeah something just isn’t right. Sometimes I’d say it’s not a hobby anymore, it’s more like a burden.