You’re allowed to outgrow a hobby you were known for. People who loved it on you will adjust.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Being known for something makes stopping it feel like a betrayal of everybody’s picture of you. That identity is convenient for other people because it saves them from updating anything, which is why the pressure to keep going can sound louder than your own interest in it. An interest that has finished is allowed to be finished.
If it has been over for a while, say so plainly to one person and watch how little the world shifts. Give the freed-up hours to whatever has been pulling at you lately. The people who liked it on you adjust faster than you expect.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Are you still doing something mainly because people know you for it?
MORE IN SOLITUDE & SELF-KNOWLEDGE
- Take a trip alone, even just a bus to the next town. Figuring out a place by yourself teaches you how you think.
- You can hold two things that don’t match, like loving your town and needing to leave it. Contradictions are normal.
- Learning your own rhythm beats copying someone else’s routine you saw on a video.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.