What is something like a hobby or skill that you belive almost anybody should give a try, and what makes your suggestion so good compared to other things?
i feel like this is a descent question i guess.
What is something like a hobby or skill that you belive almost anybody should give a try, and what makes your suggestion so good compared to other things?
i feel like this is a descent question i guess.
Two things: chess and piano. I downloaded the chess.com app and play whenever I’m idling for more than a few minutes. Got to a very proficient respectable level in a few months, and it’s a ton of fun, endless combinations, no upper limit to how good you can get.
I also bought a cheap keyboard for under $300 and got proficient at it within a few months. Half hour here, twenty minutes there, an hour there. I’m not Chopin or anything and I can barely even play him but again, respectable.
So now if you ever go somewhere and see a chess set or a piano you can be like hey I know what to do with that!
Chopin does have pieces that aren’t too bad, though of course few if any for beginners.
I’ve had no formal piano training (and my main instrument is guitar) yet can play several pretty well. Nocturne Op 9 No 2 for example is both beautiful and not too difficult.
Valse Op. 69 No 2 is harder but still doable.
Waltz Op 64 No 2 is probably harder still but with practice not as bad as it looks – but it is likely the most difficult piece that I can play without skipping any parts. Really fun to play since it’s at my edge at my ability and it feels amazing to pull it off when I feel it should be much too hard to my skill level.
for a second I thought I was on /c/mechanicalkeyboards and thought “omg i wouldn’t say that’s cheap”
Oh I just meant cheap relative to like a grand piano or something. I don’t mean to be insensitive, I’m doing pretty well financially, so to me $300 for decent quality but still entry level equipment isn’t really a huge investment, especially for something I could return if it doesn’t go well.
Also thinking about buying a 6" telescope like this bad boy right here
Again in the $300 range, entry level but still good value.
Chess is such a great game that really makes you think critically about your thinking, I enjoy playing it anytime I am feeling brain fog from antidepressants as it keeps me in the real world.