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by netchkin 1353 days ago
How do you find what you're really good at? I don't know. Here's what I did. I started doing a thing I considered intriguing. I tried figuring out how to tell if I'm making a good progress. In the beginning, I was terrible at it. After some time, I was still terrible, but there were I had some "data" about making progress. Only after years did I become good. And yet, the more years I put in, the more ways of being terrible I discover. Having written that, I'd suggest 1) picking something that seems at least mildly interesting to you 2) don't expect much 3) don't be afraid to start all over again multiple times
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This is it. You'll always be bad at something until you've gotten enough practice. Piano is only enjoyable after enough days of laborious exercises. Then one day you're good at it and it's fun. Everything worth doing is the same way.