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submitted 4 months ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

My two are:

Making sourdough. I personally always heard like this weird almost mysticism around making it. But I bought a $7 starter from a bakery store, and using just stuff in my kitchen and cheap bread flour I've been eating fresh sourdough every day and been super happy with it. Some loafs aren't super consistent because I don't have like temperature controlled box or anything. But they've all been tasty.

Drawing. I'm by no means an artist, but I always felt like people who were good at drawing were like on a different level. But I buckled down and every day for a month I tried drawing my favorite anime character following an online guide. So just 30 minutes every day. The first one was so bad I almost gave up, but I was in love with the last one and made me realize that like... yeah it really is just practice. Years and years of it to be good at drawing things consistently, quickly, and a variety of things. But I had fun and got something I enjoyed much faster than I expected. So if you want to learn to draw, I would recommend just trying to draw something you really like following a guide and just try it once a day until you are happy with the result.

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[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 65 points 4 months ago
[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

Has anyone found a way to get out of this hobby? Asking for a friend.

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Maybe you'll find an answer if you keep scrolling down...

[-] gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Have my angry upvote.

[-] tacofox@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

I'm back. Still nothing.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 points 4 months ago

The answer will surprise you!

[-] monotremata@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Switching my phone screen to black and white actually does help, but the temptation to switch back is powerful.

[-] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

For an honest answer: someone else on lemmy once said they just scroll down on the homepage and let it free-scroll for a while, then stop and work back up. When they get to the top they leave lemmy and move on with their day.

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Quitting Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit (really all social media) really helped. Lemmy is nice because there are not nearly the amount of comments.

Honestly social media does nothing for us anymore. It’s no longer serving its original purpose and is now a derivative version if MK Ultra level shit to feed us rage and sell us crap.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Heck, even some clients have auto scroll, really really easy this hobby.

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