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My experience is that liking something is basically unrelated to it being hard. Being good at it, on the other hand, requires putting in hard work. No matter
by taeric 1y ago
My experience is that liking something is basically unrelated to it being hard. Being good at it, on the other hand, requires putting in hard work. No matter what it is.
Note that you can build a ramp up process such that you don't immediately punish yourself for not being good at something. Essentially the early levels of any video game. But, that is the point. Later levels are harder. By definition. But early levels are probably hard for beginners, as well. The challenge is part of the point.
The exact same thing goes for the early periods of a sport. Just running across the field is surprisingly hard for beginners. In ways that you flat out don't remember once you are proficient at it.
- watwut 1y agoYou dont need to be good in sport to have health benefits out of it. Or to spend calories. If the goals are health and aesthetic, there is zero need to become actually good or competitive. Including as a beginner you domt have to push yourself uncomfortably hard unless ypu actually want to. Especially as a beginner, you will get improvements and benefit from just dabbling in it.
- taeric 1y agoAgreed. I was trying to emphasize the difficulty in starting, is all. And further agreed that you don't have to push to uncomfortably hard. I would emphasize that it is almost certainly some level of discomfort for everyone, though.