This is the same for me. I have realised that once I begin drifting into the gear + talking parts of a hobby, my interest in the doing parts of the hobby are wa

This is the same for me. I have realised that once I begin drifting into the gear + talking parts of a hobby, my interest in the doing parts of the hobby are waning, and I'll probably stop enjoying it shortly. I can either take a break, or continue pursuing the novelty of the hobby through acquisition of the gear; but this is actually a very stressful way to interact with a hobby. It's a cycle though and after a break I come back to enjoying the doing parts. I have a bunch of hobbies that circle around in various levels of "doing decay".