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Dolly burnout?

Jul 7, 2007

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    1. Not so much with the dolls themselves, but I have found myself rather disenchanted with some of the peripherals of the hobby. Meetups, DoA, that sort of thing - most of this I'm finding myself spending less time on or caring about less. However, I am attributing this to the last six months or so, which were filled with two highly stressful moves and other peripheral events that've left me with no time for much of anything besides eating, sleeping, and work. I've just been too wrapped up with the real world and the dolls themselves had to become a secondary priority.

      This said, though, I unpacked my dolls from their carrier last week and made them a place on a bookshelf near my bed because I missed the little buggers so. And tonight I spent a few hours sewing wefts on a new wig for my first doll, and it felt good. I'm just going to let things go how they will [and I'm still saving for the next one :sweat]
       
      #81 Anriko, Dec 4, 2009
    2. Oh, burnout is possible. But maybe it would help if you didn't go too crazy so you got tired of it all.

      I've been pretty obsessive about BJDs since I started in 2004. No burn-out yet, although there are times when I'm not quite as insane as I could be about things. I'm still pretty crazy about BJDs, though! I think it'll continue for quite a long time, judging by how it'd gone so far! *_*
       
      #82 april, Dec 4, 2009
    3. I had to beg for my first doll for 3 years before I got one!! I actually had to bring it up to my husband every day! Now that I've had them for a few years I know that I won't burn out- I had to go through to much to get them!!
       
      #83 keekster, Dec 4, 2009
    4. im definatly going through a bit of a burnout stage. it seems like the only thing my girlfriend and i are talking about is dolls (shes WAY more into the hobby than me) and im starting to get bored. also i've ran out of msc and can't do anymore faceups right now. i don't think i'll ever get rid of my dollies but im kinda taking a break. i still mess with my doll everyday though....
       
      #84 gothic_hippie_420, Dec 5, 2009
    5. I think a good thing to do is to just take break for a while, to help avoid a burnout. Its what I do every so often. Its like with alot of things. I do it with drawing also to avoid getting an art block, or from getting too tired of it.

      I havent had a burnout, but I have taken a few breaks over the few years Iv been in the hobby.
       
      #85 Foxxian, Dec 5, 2009
    6. I took this last year a bit "off" from the dolls. I added to the family, got them stuff, but less photo stories and such. Now I feel that we're coming back together.

      Other hobbies have ebbed and flowed, dolls are just another life long hobby.
       
      #86 DollyKim, Dec 5, 2009
    7. I spent much of this year kind of not feeling the BJD love, while unfinished dolls languished in their boxes or on shelves. :( Mostly I attribute it to health problems and work stress. But then I found new homes for some of my dolls at Y-con, and I think that seeing how happy they made the people who bought them really energized me and brought back my love for the hobby. Still battling with the health and the job stress, but now it seems like BJD-love is what sustains me when things are otherwise rough. :aheartbea
       
      #87 plasticaobscura, Dec 6, 2009
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