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This is my number one hobby at the moment, before this I spent years trying something, being bad and immediately giving up. Last year I learned how to drive a manual (again) as an adult. Humbling! public embarrassment! bunny hopping, stalling, hill starts. But the whole time I was laughing and having the best time because I knew at some point I’d be able to do it. Now I don’t even think about it when I’m driving I’m just there to hoon around and change my little gears — then today I stalled it out of nowhere and I was like yeah! There it is! my favourite little reminder that you can learn things as an adult and it not be so horrific that you have to give up. It’s funny to be bad and it almost doesn’t last long enough.
Bringing this energy into heaps of different things now — I love to be bad at playing basketball and playing bass and swimming.
Feb 1, 2024
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Last year I started to learn piano, again. I first wanted to learn piano around 2020/21, I got a cheap keyboard and started with online lessons, or just whatever I could find, this time was weird for me, so when I saw that I was bad (really bad), I just abandoned it. Last year I got the opportunity to take piano lessons for basically free, so I took them. When I started I was bad, actually, the worst one in the whole class. But I had a passion that was palpable, and still is. The course finished, and I was still the worst one, but I still keep playing piano, daily, why?
First of all, I like it, second, it reminds me I'm human, there are things that I'm naturally good at, this is not one of them, but I really don't believe in talent, being bad at something just means the room for growth is almost infinite. And maybe you have figured it out, this isn't true only for the piano 🐝
Jan 18, 2025
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i am not good at many things and it can be discouraging but this year we are focusing on just having fun !!!
Feb 13, 2024
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One day I'm super into boxing, the next I'm buying a bike. I'm writing 1/4 of a screenplay, I'm learning to make 4-5 fancy cocktails. I'm ordering a jump rope, a kendama, a yo-yo. I'm attempting to learn tennis by hitting a ball against a wall for half an hour (once).
Picking up hobbies and then dropping them after a few tries is nothing to be ashamed of. It should not discourage you for fear of being called a quitter or flippant. The secret is knowing that you're better for getting out there and ceaselessly pursuing further opportunities for joy in your life.
Nov 3, 2023
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Think about it all the time, be obsessed with it! Sneak off and work on your project. wonder how it is when you’re not around.
Jan 29, 2024
30th birthday theme was “little miss” not the characters just the energy of being a little miss. The fits were so good my heart is so full
Feb 9, 2025
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All my friends are great and I love to hang out with them and feel loved & to be silly, and when they hang out and get along I'm like damn I’m really killing having a rich social circle and deeply fulfilling friendships.
If you’re a reflection of your three closest friends (or whatever that saying is) I’m a god damn god. My friends are the best and I love them SO MUCH
Mar 11, 2024