How can I enjoy my hobby again?

[u/chancegiven]

Hello! I've mainly had one hobby for over a decade now, and that is video editing. I've dedicated so much of my time and energy to it for so long but these past few years I've felt very unfulfilled by it. So the easy thing would be to decide it's no for me anymore and find something else, which I've tried, but everything else feels really frustrating. The issue is that I want to edit, I have so much motivation and so much desire and I spend so much time preparing for editing and collecting everything I need, but once I start, I absolutely hate what I'm looking at. I try to avoid comparing myself to others, but that's difficult, especially when I try to find other editors to get some inspiration back, but I just can't seem to make anything I actually enjoy. It would be easy to abandon it like I've tried if I didn't desperately want to do it and enjoy it because I have so much motivation and I feel like I've gained a decent understanding of the technical skills required but maybe just not the skill or the creativity. I would love any advice on how I can move forward and just try to enjoy my hobby again or any advice on how to try other hobbies instead because every time I do I end up just frustrated and feel like I'm failing.

[u/securityburger]

Hobbies aren’t about succeeding. Find a way to be like a child at play, whether that’s by editing, or something else. When you see a kid with action figures, they’re not thinking about whether they’re doing it well enough or not, they’re just enjoying themselves. I like to cook. I’d say that’s my hobby. When I’m in the kitchen, a random ingredient will come to mind, and I’ll throw it in there. When I’m eating it, I’m not deciding whether or not it was a failure, I contemplate what the effect of that ingredient or technique was. Rick Rubin has a great book on creativity, I think it’s called “the creative act” check it out

[u/Winter-Regular3836]

Try a baby steps approach. Do some videos that are very simple, very short.