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corroonb
Sane Anarchist and Pacifist
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 Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject: Too many interests? |
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I have many, many interests and I find it hard to focus on any one interest for long. Is this a problem for anyone else?
I am interested in history, philosophy, biology, physics, psychology, video games, movies, criminology, computers and fiction. I find it hard to focus long enough to learn that much. |
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HereComeTheLizards
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I'm interested in Chemistry, Royal history, motor racing, comics and whisky. I see it as a blessing : I don't learn too much about one thing at once, and if I get bored of something I have something else to go to.
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prillix
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Location: Sudbury Ontario --- Soon Edmonton Alberta
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Im interested in many things too, like cabinet making, computers, outdoor survival, video games, tennis, golf, motorcycles, baseball, and more. And in a few weeks, ill be out of this town and i wont feel so horrified of going places and seeing people that hate me cause it seems like nearly this whole town does.
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9CatMom
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I too, have a wide variety of interests, accumulated through time. My interests include history, literature, the Olympic Games, Roger Bannister and cats. |
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Magnus
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Location: Southern California
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DJRnold
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Age: 17
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I have many interests but there's a few of them that dominate my free time. The problem I've been having for a while now is that my main interests aren't very productive. I spend a lot of time discussing Canadian Idol in Idol-related forums. Before Canadian Idol it was American Idol. That can't lead to any sort of career, can it? I expect I'll be able to focus on other things more during the months after Canadian Idol ends and before American Idol starts...
P.S. If you're planning to criticize my interests (e.g. "stupid TV shows"), don't waste your time because you won't convince me, but you might upset me.
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corroonb
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Location: Ireland
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I don't have ADHD, I can concentrate on a book for at least 6 hours straight. This would not indicate a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
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Aquamarine_Kitty
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Age: 19
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Location: California, USA, Universe #97940A
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I have way too many interests too. I wonder though if this goes against the "Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities" that we're all supposed to have. |
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claire333
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Location: Lost in my own little world.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Aquamarine_Kitty wrote: | | I have way too many interests too. I wonder though if this goes against the "Restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities" that we're all supposed to have. |
Hmmm...I have had the same thought. I have many interests. I tend to find something I am interested in, becomed obsessed with it, burn out, loose interest and move on to something else. However, I have a few select interests which I have sustained throughout adulthood and one since childhood.
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Pook
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| Sounds like my husband and I. Our attic is filled with books on faith, trains, history, cars, art, music and DIY house projects, unfinished craft projects.... But my hubby tends to be that one that focuses on particuliar subject till he reaches burn out then he puts up his materials till the interest strikes him again. |
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Magnus
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| I didn't mean to say that you have ADD. I always had too many interests. It excites me to learn and I don't think I have ADD but I joke about it. Compared to the average person I may appear to have ADD but it's all relative. I wouldn't want to change that. Life would be dull then. |
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corroonb
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| Magnus wrote: | | I didn't mean to say that you have ADD. I always had too many interests. It excites me to learn and I don't think I have ADD but I joke about it. Compared to the average person I may appear to have ADD but it's all relative. I wouldn't want to change that. Life would be dull then. |
I wasn't offended. I was just pointing out a truth about myself. |
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Loborojo
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I realised I had and could never choose. I chose the arts in the end, but now Il ike things like discovery and National Geographic and the likes and I regret that I hated biology classes and chemistry and math, because I know they are interesting things but I couldn't understand them. I figured that maybe if I had had a teacher who could have explained the way Attenborough does or NG does I would have understood and loved the topics more.
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corroonb
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| Loborojo wrote: | | I realised I had and could never choose. I chose the arts in the end, but now Il ike things like discovery and National Geographic and the likes and I regret that I hated biology classes and chemistry and math, because I know they are interesting things but I couldn't understand them. I figured that maybe if I had had a teacher who could have explained the way Attenborough does or NG does I would have understood and loved the topics more. |
Attenborough is one of my "heroes". Along with Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky and Robert Fisk. |
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ghouna
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ihad many interest, which i will think about all day, talk about that, then it is forgottrn.
since i was young i am crazy about math (equation.. ).
last year i was "living" on beadwork (making jewellery), before i had fashion in my mind (drawing clothes, making the pattern... but i have never been good at drawing new designs), i had falung gong, terrapin, cats, french films, women in jails, anything really...
it is annoying to change all the time. like the beadwork, i loved making things out of beads. I bought a lot, it last less than 6 months. Now i dont touch them. Maybe because i did everything i could do... Shoud i resell all my stuff? |
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