{"id":776,"date":"2015-01-04T19:06:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T01:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=776"},"modified":"2015-01-05T00:12:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T06:12:50","slug":"when-does-a-hobby-become-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"When does an interest become a problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it becomes more of an addiction.<\/p>\n<p>I was first exposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CpuZ4eDenWI\" target=\"_blank\">napkin folding<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6gLlIAnzg7eJ8VuXDCZ_vg\" target=\"_blank\">GentleWhispering<\/a>. (Yes, I experience <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response\" target=\"_blank\">ASMR<\/a>. I have all my life, as far back as I remember, and I honestly thought everyone else did, too, until not long ago.) I became a little obsessed with remembering all the different folds she showed, then branched out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lv2HVJMvu6Q\" target=\"_blank\">Luigi<\/a> and others. From there it was just a short hop to origami. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tf77i2lEp1I\" target=\"_blank\">Gentle Whispering didn&#8217;t help<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>I actually enjoy napkins more, but paper will do.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve made a bunch of gift boxes, and went and bought a big &#8220;mega pack&#8221; of origami paper this afternoon. (400+ sheets for $3.86. Don&#8217;t you judge me!) I&#8217;ve been folding bows and flowers and stuff since I got home.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_780\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Boxes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-780 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Boxes-e1420437652718-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Boxes\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Boxes-e1420437652718-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Boxes-e1420437652718.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ENdSjQIoljQ\" target=\"_blank\">Boxes<\/a> 2 and 3, I think. 4 and 5 went to San Antonio to hold Christmas gifts.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 190px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Star.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-782\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Star-e1420437710146-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Star\" width=\"190\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Star-e1420437710146-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Star-e1420437710146.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fourth try. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h5NplkRIwcw\" target=\"_blank\">This<\/a> is actually tiny, like about 1-1\/2&#8243; across. Those were little bitty strips.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 190px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-781\" src=\"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Flower-e1420437681506-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flower\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Flower-e1420437681506-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Flower-e1420437681506-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Flower-e1420437681506.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Second try. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wj9Oy41fVOc\" target=\"_blank\">This<\/a> is pretty fun.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>I think I have a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it becomes more of an addiction. I was first exposed to napkin folding by GentleWhispering. (Yes, I experience ASMR. I have all my life, as far back as I remember, and I honestly thought everyone else did, too, until not long ago.) I became a little obsessed with remembering all the different folds she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":783,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}