Editing The Pen Addict 292 (section)

===Losing interest in hobby===
'''Question:''' Last question today, comes from cutyscribbles: Have any of you come close to losing interest in this hobby I've been feeling this way for awhile now scribble says.

'''Answer:'''

Myke: I'll start off with this one but nope. Nope never happened to me I can see why it would very because of that of the hobbies where. You kind of get older that but like can kind of guess all you get bored of it I think the reason for me is because there's so much new stuff all the time that my tastes constantly evolve and I found like little niche hobbies within the hobby even you know like so I I think it there's enough going on for me over a long period of time where it keeps me engaged and interested in the new equipment that is that is coming out. Ana, what about you?

Ana: I don't think I've ever gotten, lost interest in the hobby I do have occasions where I get lake. With the blog and everything I it sometimes starts to feel a bit like a job yep yep yep yep there some days where I don't wanna go to work yeah of course of course yup. 

Brad: Yeah like I'm gonna go ahead and book you for future episode believe visit the burn out topic like we did with Ed Jelly like 200 episodes ago that was a very popular he episode at the time and I think you know I I would actually like to talk with ana with you about that a little bit more. 

Ana: Yeah and it's it's something that I don't think I've ever really talked about but I have it it's a precarious. Work work work life balance thing I have going here. Yeah. 

Brad: Yeah and you know to answer Stuart's question you know I you know back in the in the past I I've. You know gotten burn out on it and like the the blogging aspect of it you know a few years ago stuff podcasting and blogging act aspect of it but I've never gotten burned out on the hobby itself as far as like the stationery products and goods and things I would I get such enjoyment out of using  Bic Crystal that I'll never lose interest in all the other cool things that we get to try and and test out it's just such a part of my life just picking up a pen and getting just pure enjoyment out of any pen in any piece of paper and you know trying to understand what these things are in figure them out I I I don't see that going away ever for me now. 

Ana: Yeah and I think you know act actually I think just being a part of the community and I think for me I'm going to the pen shows and talking to people and getting a cake you know just being around other people talking about the hobby really helps recharge my batteries and remind me why I stay up until midnight writing her review. I'm you know that really just like it just feels of you know that the passion and it's like this is why I do this you know and it makes up for the days when I either get like absolutely no feedback or I get the really negative feedback.