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I find tremendous joy in playing the piano today. That mostly started when I was about 20, ~15 years after I started playing the piano. It had its moments duri
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
I find tremendous joy in playing the piano today. That mostly started when I was about 20, ~15 years after I started playing the piano.
It had its moments during the first 15 years of my life, but it was more of a competitive activity than an entertaining one. Conservatively, every fun hour had about 50 shitty hours when I was a serious piano student. Now it's 100% fun.
- 0xSKOOMA 2y agoSame for me, I've learned programming, reverse engineering, music production, cooking, etc. I learned all these things not because I'm intrinsically in love with doing them, I just love having done them. This quote fits it perfectly, "I hate writing, but I love having written."
- BalinKing 2y agoThis is exactly the same for me—I grew up playing the piano for basically my entire childhood, but it was always a chore. I dropped it once I went to college and figured I'd never pick it up back up, but then I decided on a whim to learn a song I found online. But b/c now it's no longer just for the sake of lessons, it's become a hobby that I really enjoy in its own right (and indeed, all the forced practice growing up has greatly expanded the range of songs that I'm able to learn now).