Maybe the discomfort of feeling like a noob helps temper the gratification of novelty and curiosity. Sometimes it feels like a balancing act, I want to learn e

Maybe the discomfort of feeling like a noob helps temper the gratification of novelty and curiosity. Sometimes it feels like a balancing act, I want to learn everything, but at the same time the valley of noobness forces me to pick the things that seem particularly interesting. Novelty causes exploration, while the discomfort of learning produces exploitation of only some things.