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OftenBen  ·  2886 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ramblings: get gud

    I'm not expecting a certain proficiency at a certain time, I just say "ok, at such and such a time you're going to study."

If the question was 'how do I git gud?' there's your answer. But the question isn't 'how do I git gud?' it's 'How do I not hate the process of gittin' gud?' which is a much harder question. I suspect I'm still too immature to have a good answer to it. I still hate every minute of my exercise bike. It's taken over a year of regular yoga practice to get to a point that I don't actively hate each minute of yoga, and that's mostly because I now NEED yoga to feel 'normal.'

I also suspect that people who were in competitive athletics of some variety as a child have an easier time with this, particularly people who did multiple sports. From where i'm sitting, it's easier to have subjective appreciation for the development of a talent/skill when you are concurrently developing other talents/skills.