I think the 10 year, or 10,000 hours are for learning stuff you are not completely in love with. It would take me 10,000 hours to become a proficient Programme

I think the 10 year, or 10,000 hours are for learning stuff you are not completely in love with. It would take me 10,000 hours to become a proficient Programmer. Now---stuff I am truly interested in took me less time to learn. I was going to say "master", but I didn't master anything in my life. I'm a good mechanic, and Watchmaker only because learning it was easy because I was interested. It took me less than 4 years to become good at Watchmaking. Why--because for some reason I became facinated with watches, and clocks. I can strum exactly 12 guitar chords. I memorized the charts, and then memorized the finger positions on the fret. I can play a few songs. I sometimes wonder why I don't practice more. The reason is I don't love it. When playing a mental picture of Blutto pops up from Animal House. Pick something you love. You never know where it will take you. Then again--maybe I should have learned things that society valued, and paid highly for?