How do I get interested in something?
Okay, so you’re reading articles, browsing Reddit or any content aggregation site and now you found something really interesting? Great!But let’s take it a few steps further though.Understand the entire field in its broader context. What will its future be? How is it doing right now? What is the big picture?Understand the context or background. When? Who? Why?Research the specifics. By this time, you should have sufficient motivation to research in detail. Try to fully understand it. How does it work or came to be?Start daydreaming and brainstorming. What if I could do this? Or try it in this way? Can I build this? How cool would it be if I developed some expertise?These are just suggestions so you can do these steps in however way you want. Have fun!Let me know if this helped, comment if you’d like an example!
How can I force myself to be interested in something I'm not?
Try to find any little spark of interest buried in that non-interesting topic. For instance, many people find American history boring. But if you get the chance to learn about more than just dry names and dates and start to hear the stories behind what makes it into our history books, you'll find some fascinating things there. If you are trying to become interested in something that's boring to you to make someone else happy, then ask that person what it is that they love about that thing. You might hear something in their answer that sparks interest for you. Or you might find a way to relate that topic to another topic that you do find more interesting. Take role-playing games, for example. My husband has a passion for RPGs. He collects the books and plays the videogames never-endingly. I think he has over 250 hard-cover role-playing game books, and he loves to read them (not just the stories, but the actual game mechanics too--how to roll the dice, what the stats are, what the towns and countries are, how the NPCs act, everything). He loves to talk about his favorite games (Shadowrun, Warhammer 40K, etc.) but it bores me to hear about them. So instead, I focus on what does interest me: how his eyes light up when he describes the worlds, and what he's learned about them. I listen to him talk about the books and videogames and think of them as bedtime stories that he is reading me, and it gives me a warm, loved feeling. Knowing that he is sharing something that means so much to him with me, even though the topic itself bores me, shows me that he loves me.
Why am I not interested in anything?
God knows I'm not the best person to answer this. I'm tackling with this situation as I write. I bet you feel totally unenthusiastic about life. Every morning you wake up, you groan on the idea of facing another day. You trudge along, eating your meals and wishing people leave you alone so that you can sit and just stare at the wall while time flows. You feel sleepy all the time and eagerly wait for bedtime to come. Your friends try their best to make you laugh. but in vain. They ask you questions, try to cheer you up but all you do is try to get away. Finally they give up and go away, only for you to realize you feel worse than before. You avoid social situations altogether. Studying doesn't interest you, neither does the new episode of Friends or Game of Thrones waiting on your laptop. You feel hungry all the time. You see people around you improving themselves and enjoying while all you do is exist. If you can relate to this, you are suffering from depression.The best way out, as I have found is to start meditation or yoga. Reading books is also a quick method to regain your zeal. Exercising helps too. However, the only way you will actually manage to come out is by sitting down and introspecting about your life. Take a stand. Keep reminding yourself that time on this planet is limited. You and only you can pick yourself up, dust yourself off and not just exist, but start living.
How do you develop a genuine interest in something you have no interest in?
If you're "not interested" in a subject, chances are that you're not really looking at it. You're looking at a mental image, an abstraction of what you think the subject is about. It is usually not only cartoonishly over-simplified, it is also most likely very wrong.You might think that the wall next to you is very uninteresting. You might just think of it as "a wall" or "a white wall", if you even think about it. And you might think you already know all about it. "It's a white wall! What more is there to say?". But if you actually were perceiving, dealing with the real wall, instead of thinking about a picture of it, there would probably be plenty of things to be interested in on that wall. There are many shades of colors, patterns of shadows, textures, and it has a certain feel to the touch, a temperature. It has a history, it was constructed by people. It has a future. If you were thinking as an artist, you might get a lot out of that simple wall.The thing is, if you really look, listen, feel, get in touch with the subject matter, you can go deeper. And deeper and deeper. You will learn new things, you will discover a part of the world that you didn't know existed.Interest is not something you have or don't have. It is an action. It is something you do, as you're looking at the subject matter. Your interest itself will reveal something interesting about it. It is not about faking interest, as in "Oh, that is very interesting!", if you don't mean it. It is about perceiving, with interest, what is in front of you. And, possibly, getting over any preconceived ideas you had about it, which had kept you from actually perceiving it honestly before.If you're really paying attention, you can always go deeper, continuously. If you do, new worlds open for you.
How can you force yourself to study something you aren't interested in ??
as a graduate 2 years ago I'll allow myself 2 say the following: I really used 2 face this severe problem & I tried everything;but because I assume u dont have enough time 2 read a lot about this I'll try 2 simplify it as much as I can: 1- if you are still a freshman & dont like most of the subjects u are supposed 2 study ; then dont hesitate ; trust me just change your major (your studies) ;because getting comfortable with your study and your future carrer is really worth loosing a year of study . 2- if you confront only some subjects which u dont like: try 2 pretend -to yourself;inwardly- that u like them;I know that sounds silly but believe me as time goes on u maybe end up liking them or at least being much more able to deal with them . 3- trust yourself and your abilities: trust is the key; and I 'm talking about this depending on self experience. 4- try 2 read small portions of the subject u hate at one time. & fisrt of all read it through and have some break then go back 2 the details. 5- try to get help fromencyclopedias, internet , authenticated materials etc.... 6- try 2 get from friends who like and are good at the subjects u dont like. 7- finally u have 2 be patient and wait for time to solve this problem of study you face and never give in. good luck with your study ps: that really effectively worked with solving the very same problem of yours which I used 2 confront when I was a student ; just try with more effort .
Is it grammatical to say someone is interested by or in something?
Both constructions are perfectly grammatical. But they don’t necessarily mean the same thing.The most common construction would be “interested in,” and everyone will know what you are trying to convey when you say that. When you say you are interested in something, it means you want to know more about it, or are currently in the process of learning more about it.But the construction of “interested by” could be interpreted in other ways, and could lead to confusion in those you are speaking to. If you say you are “interested by airplanes,” I could take it to mean that you find airplanes fascinating, just like “interested in airplanes” would convey. But, I could also take it to mean that airplanes simply spark your interest, perhaps making you curious about the physics of flight (not so much about the airplanes themselves).There is also the special case of being “interested in someone” which more specifically conveys romantic attraction to the person of interest rather than just mental curiosity about the person. Here, you would definitely only use “interested in” because “interested by” conveys a totally different thing. “John is interested in Sharon” can pretty much universally be taken to mean that John is attracted to Sharon in a romantic and/or sexual way. Whereas “John is interested by Sharon” definitely does not convey romantic or sexual attraction. One could take such a statement to mean John thinks Sharon is rather odd or eccentric, maybe. Or John is a psychiatrist and finds Sharon’s odd behavior very interesting. Or John is a linguist and finds Sharon’s ability to effortlessly learn new languages absolutely fascinating, etc.tl;dr: You are safer sticking with “interested in” because there is much less chance that your meaning will be misunderstood.
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