The long hours of character concepts, editing my roleplay story, replying to posts were soon back-spaced and typed over with "analytic essays" and "8-paged research papers".
My bookshelf of the 'Dark Hunter' and 'Vampire Academy' series collected dust as I was told to read, analyze and cite "peer-reviewed scholarly journals".
My late-nights of staying up watching Inu Yasha or Hotaru no Hikari were replaced by the mind-numbing and emotionally draining re-runs of Law and Order: SVU.
To say the least, it seems like ever since college started, I've lost interests in many things that I once loved. I don't know why it is. When I look up on Google "losing interests in things I loved", my screen becomes flooded with "needs for medication" "suffering from depression" and "speak to a counselor or therapist"......I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with that.
A friend once told me that the reason why you lose interests in things you love is that you lose sight of the reason why you were in love with it to begin with. So in order to prevent 'falling out' of your interests, you need to re-invent your interest in it. Find new projects which involve a particular interest (e.g. learning a new way to use your camera, maybe using a different type of subject). Find new points in regards to your interest that you love, and whenever you find yourself losing sight, bring them up. Remind yourself what it is you love about it. How alive you feel when you're doing it.
That's my next point. I want to delve back into what I once would spend hours upon hours doing. <3
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