On the other hand, put me playing rocket league with friends (or even alone), or watching a TV show, or running/biking/soccer, and I can do that just fine without getting bored
How do I change this? Any strategies that I can follow? Or is it just a matter of grinding/pushing through it?
My suggestion is you read about self-efficacy[0] and do small things which lead to bigger success.
The concept of self-efficacy was a huge eye opener for me.
Maybe for you as well.
When you like to write a book try writing one paragraph now. Do things you can do 100% and do it. Daily something. Tomorrow you you maybe read one article about a topic you find interesting. Then you bake something, cook something and join a class with people who also like to draw?
Try to give yourself time and don't try to do things you can't do yet. Focus on progress instead goals and see what happens.
I've built an app with a nocode tool for me in a afternoon exactly for this. Maybe this is helpful for you? focusonprogressnotgoals.250g.dev
You are on hackernews, so i guess you're interested in coding or tech. Write your own app to solve this or just use a nocode tool and click something together in an evening?
[0] https://positivepsychology.com/3-ways-build-self-efficacy/
Depending on what I am reading, often 30 min is the limit. If its general SF, yeah maybe an hour or so.
I see in your writing a need to generate the UNIQUE. Playing music written by others, although providing joy to you, there is the need to create new music. I recommend, keep playing other music, when the time is right you will create your own.
You learn drawing by doing, until you master it, do not worry about creating something UNIQUE.
Since you like biking I recommend you take a 3 month journey by bicycle, it helped me a lot. But do not load your phone with games.
It’s kinda silly but you need to stretch your focus skills and putting yourself physically “out there” is a good place to start. Physical activity will help. These are habits and you need to exercise them the same as any thing. Self control is hard when we are distractible by the endless possibilities afforded by computers and the internet. Turn this off. Decide what’s important, plot out how to get there and turn this back on if you need to use it to get where you want to go.