It usually doesn't make sense to invest 10K hours in something that you rarely do. And if you want to do something as a professional , it usually make sense to

It usually doesn't make sense to invest 10K hours in something that you rarely do. And if you want to do something as a professional , it usually make sense to choose a field in which your innate talents could be useful , just because jobs are competitive , and people with better innate talents could improve much faster. So in real life, capable professionals usually have some innate talents. But it doesn't have to be specifically ux design talent. maybe a talent in fast learning , and grasping complex stuff could be used. maybe a deep natural empathy you have with users.