First of all, one thing to understand is that EVERYONE feels this. You're not alone, you're not more lazy than someone else, you might have different affinities but this is the cycle everyone goes through, on a weekly basis.
The sooner you accept it, the better off you'll be. Accept your best and your worst and just ride along.
There is enormous amount of BS around, whether it's in books or websites, or biographies.
Wishful thinking != Reality.
Beyond all that, I find balance in having multiple hobbies, knowing one thing: creative energy (for the lack of a better term) is pretty much hormonal. I find it's about a 10 week cycle for me. 3 weeks mad energy, 3 weeks netflix-and-chill "leave me alone", and in between is the transitions.
I'm a designer and developer by trade for about 24 years commercially, I produce music since 96, I have 2 kids, I hack on things, I also do 3D arts, I paint on canvas, I write macOS apps for fun, I take photos with highend cameras, I play pinball and own 6 machines, I make video games (released 1 on PS4 and 1 on Steam), I thinker about network protocols, etc.
That list may sound extensive and the juggle sounds impossible: that's because it is.
Realistically, I do one thing at a time for about a couple of weeks, then move on. I go back to it every now and then.
Eventually, through the years, I have these pools of hobbies in which I dive in and out of, and all is well. It's just one of those "dad things, dad does". In other words: hobbies.
Too much of society wants you labelled for something in particular. The fact is, my music inspires my rhythm, makes me play better at pinball, inspires me to make physics video games, feeds into my programming, pushes me to design something else, tinker with opencv and ball following algorithms, etc.
Life is too short to pretend to be someone else, ride the waves of creativity, don't accept to be labelled, enjoy the process, eventually you'll gravitate back to your choices of hobbies and discover new ones. In my experience, some of the best things in life came about from something completely commercially unviable. But that can lead you to a new career. Who knows where it leads, no one could tell you: looking back, not even yourself!
The sooner you accept it, the better off you'll be. Accept your best and your worst and just ride along.
There is enormous amount of BS around, whether it's in books or websites, or biographies.
Wishful thinking != Reality.
Beyond all that, I find balance in having multiple hobbies, knowing one thing: creative energy (for the lack of a better term) is pretty much hormonal. I find it's about a 10 week cycle for me. 3 weeks mad energy, 3 weeks netflix-and-chill "leave me alone", and in between is the transitions.
I'm a designer and developer by trade for about 24 years commercially, I produce music since 96, I have 2 kids, I hack on things, I also do 3D arts, I paint on canvas, I write macOS apps for fun, I take photos with highend cameras, I play pinball and own 6 machines, I make video games (released 1 on PS4 and 1 on Steam), I thinker about network protocols, etc.
That list may sound extensive and the juggle sounds impossible: that's because it is.
Realistically, I do one thing at a time for about a couple of weeks, then move on. I go back to it every now and then.
Eventually, through the years, I have these pools of hobbies in which I dive in and out of, and all is well. It's just one of those "dad things, dad does". In other words: hobbies.
Too much of society wants you labelled for something in particular. The fact is, my music inspires my rhythm, makes me play better at pinball, inspires me to make physics video games, feeds into my programming, pushes me to design something else, tinker with opencv and ball following algorithms, etc.
Life is too short to pretend to be someone else, ride the waves of creativity, don't accept to be labelled, enjoy the process, eventually you'll gravitate back to your choices of hobbies and discover new ones. In my experience, some of the best things in life came about from something completely commercially unviable. But that can lead you to a new career. Who knows where it leads, no one could tell you: looking back, not even yourself!