i usually get inspired to do a hobby because i see someone perform at the absolute best level of it and want to emulate it then of course i actually get started and realize that its going to be 10 years before i can even come close and why oh why didnt i feel like doing this when i was 10  the problem is that i was like this even when i was 10 sometimes i get depressed when i think about hobbies i started 5-10 years ago and how good id be by now if id managed to stay with it if youd kept working out like you did 7 years ago youd be shredded by now if youd kept painting for the last 4 years youd be great by now if youd kept playing the harmonica every day like you started to 8 years ago youd be talented by now  i think its just a lack of intrinsic motivation the process of building a skill gives me absolutely no pleasure or reward quite the opposite so the motivation dies quickly when im not able to replicate what i see others doing right away