polymathemagics

Hi! I find myself cycling between hobbies. I'll pick up guitar and get into it for a short while, then be totally bored. Then I'll pick up hobby electronics and watch youtube videos all night, then drop it two weeks later. And so on and so forth.

Any advice? I feel like it triggers an addiction part of my brain, like the other week where I hadn't played video games in two years, then picked up Factorio again and played all night - having to call in sick to work two days in a row due to the addiction.

Helpful resources on addiction are usually focused on the "bad" stuff - alcohol, gambling, porn. I suppose the same principles apply to "getting too into to things too fast and burning bright", but curious if anyone had practical insights here. Perhaps I should just embrace having many interests, even if I don't make progress in them? Although I also would like to make progress on things...

Any good sources for news about the virus? Reading NY times is a bit much for me. Reddit and the media are a bit sensationalized. But at the same time, WHO/CDC only has basic info in their reports every day. Any good sources with a more optimistic tone?