That basically means that you don’t take up hobbies that need a few months of learning before you are able to hit flow.
I think the average level of fun that a person who’s into the hobby for a bit is more important than the level of fun you have when you start a hobby.
I’m not sure I understand this reply—these two paragraphs appear to contradict each other.
Also, it seems orthogonal to what I said. How long it takes before the average person is able to enjoy X and how much people vary in how much they’ll eventually enjoy X sound like different questions to me.
How do you decide whether archery is fun for you?You could use the first lesson of archery to make the decision. You could make that decision after a month.
I don’t think either of those tell you how much you will enjoy it after a year.
To the extend that you can’t predict how you will feel after a year you can look at what the average person who takes it for a year feels. That means you don’t get to base your decision on how different people enjoy different hobbies.
How do you decide whether archery is fun for you?You could use the first lesson of archery to make the decision. You could make that decision after a month. I don’t think either of those tell you how much you will enjoy it after a year.
So what? If in a year’s time I no longer find archery fun, I’ll still be allowed to stop doing it. And in any event it’s none of your freakin’ business.
(I don’t actually do archery in real life BTW, though I do have a few hobbies that don’t build muscle, fluent body movement or produce a high heart rate that helps the heart, such as for example commenting on Less Wrong.)
I’m not sure I understand this reply—these two paragraphs appear to contradict each other.
Also, it seems orthogonal to what I said. How long it takes before the average person is able to enjoy X and how much people vary in how much they’ll eventually enjoy X sound like different questions to me.
How do you decide whether archery is fun for you?You could use the first lesson of archery to make the decision. You could make that decision after a month. I don’t think either of those tell you how much you will enjoy it after a year.
To the extend that you can’t predict how you will feel after a year you can look at what the average person who takes it for a year feels. That means you don’t get to base your decision on how different people enjoy different hobbies.
So what? If in a year’s time I no longer find archery fun, I’ll still be allowed to stop doing it. And in any event it’s none of your freakin’ business.
(I don’t actually do archery in real life BTW, though I do have a few hobbies that don’t build muscle, fluent body movement or produce a high heart rate that helps the heart, such as for example commenting on Less Wrong.)
If we have a discussion about the value of engaging in activities and spending money for it, why is it not my business to discuss that value?
Tapping out. (EDIT: I didn’t downvote.)