Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever.
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll Well, it is a good reminder.
Because I am trying out to get into new hobbies and failing miserable at it, partly because I suck - even though I know I have to start out bad to get better
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@CarstenBoll But I fucking SUCK at the Theremin, even after taking lessons with Peter Theremin. I have to justify that expense by at least being semi-listenable, right?!
But yes, you are absolutely right. The joy is in the process, the doing, the learning.
@Brett_E_Carlock I mean, I bet you can make ghostly spooky sounds - that counts as a win in my book.
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll Hear me singing
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@CarstenBoll Hear me singing
@carl Singing is great! Anyone can sing, just not, like, with great range probably. Which is fine - sing songs that match your voice
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@carl Singing is great! Anyone can sing, just not, like, with great range probably. Which is fine - sing songs that match your voice
@CarstenBoll I can sing in simultaneous polyphony: loud and wrong at the same time!
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@Brett_E_Carlock I mean, I bet you can make ghostly spooky sounds - that counts as a win in my book.
@CarstenBoll Haha, yes, indeed I can score a halloween-themed 50s-era B movie.
One day I need to do this instrument justice and make music!
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll oh hell yeah! I actively enjoy doing things I'm bad at because learning and improving is fun, and I have more opportunities to do that if I'm doing something I'm bad at
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll Sounds fake.
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll And amateur comes from the French 'one who loves' and has its roots in the Latin amator meaning 'lover'.
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll If only life were a hobby I chose from my own will, and if only it could be well discontinued briefly. Or, you know, if only we had such an outlook on what we generally view as mandatory, jobs for example.
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@CarstenBoll One of my favourite quotes is from G.K. Chesterton: "If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly."
@bodhipaksa @CarstenBoll When did he say that? No, actually, where, I meant to ask.
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@bodhipaksa @CarstenBoll When did he say that? No, actually, where, I meant to ask.
@wing_of_eternity @CarstenBoll It's in Chapter XIV of "What's Wrong With The World."
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@wing_of_eternity @CarstenBoll It's in Chapter XIV of "What's Wrong With The World."
@bodhipaksa @CarstenBoll Ah, from FOLLY AND FEMALE EDUCATION. Found the book on project gutenberg.
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll thank you
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
@CarstenBoll I was at a dance class and someone kept apologizing to the instructor about doing it wrong and I really, really wanted to jump in and say something along these lines, but never found a great time.
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@CarstenBoll I was at a dance class and someone kept apologizing to the instructor about doing it wrong and I really, really wanted to jump in and say something along these lines, but never found a great time.
@nirak I feel this because I am almost always too self-conscious to enjoy dancing
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Random reminder for no reason; you don't have to be good at your hobbies to do them, its perfectly fine to do them because you like doing them without having talent or whatever. You're also allowed to stop doing them whenever you don't feel like doing them anymore.
They're just things we do to experience joy and broaden our horizon.
& also, doing them is (irritatingly) a prerequisite for getting good at them.
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@CarstenBoll And amateur comes from the French 'one who loves' and has its roots in the Latin amator meaning 'lover'.
@psneeze @CarstenBoll Now you've reminded me of one of my favourite phrases. A 'glad amatør'. Directly translated from Danish: 'a happy amateur'. I use the literal translation in English too, because it's not a dilettante or dabbler, but more positive. Just someone happily doing something they are not expert at, in a situation where that is fine and enjoyable.
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@psneeze @CarstenBoll Now you've reminded me of one of my favourite phrases. A 'glad amatør'. Directly translated from Danish: 'a happy amateur'. I use the literal translation in English too, because it's not a dilettante or dabbler, but more positive. Just someone happily doing something they are not expert at, in a situation where that is fine and enjoyable.
@CiaraNi @CarstenBoll I love that. Love it.
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@CarstenBoll Also a hobby doesn’t have to have a point. Just because is good enough. A hobby isn’t a waste of time.
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