What is something I can get really good by myself?

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31 Aug 2014, 2:21 pm

What are skills or hobbies that I can get really good at by myself over the next 5 or 10 years:

-Graphic design Rejected my graphic design background and training and lost interest suddenly
-Writing Can't seem to have a stretch of imagination since I was more or less a hermit my entire life
-Electronics
-Programming But I am having trouble wrapping my head around all the beginner's instructions fully
-Science It has been kind of a dream to get into science and make a science lab in my parent's garage
-Music Playing the guitar

What are the good ideas?



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31 Aug 2014, 3:49 pm

I'm not sure. I think guitar is a good idea, because not much equipment is essential - there are a lot of options equipment-wise, but only a guitar, amp (if electric) and plectrums for some styles are really necessary to start with. So it can be quite simple, but has potential to be really varied and specialised depending on the type of music you want to play, or use of other things like effects pedals, different amps, capos, slides, different string and plectrum types, and a bunch of other things. Maybe it's just because I like music though.

All of your ideas sound interesting, I guess only you can decide as interests are really individual things.


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31 Aug 2014, 6:53 pm

Learn a new language?



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04 Sep 2014, 5:40 pm

Welding massive dinosaur sculptures out of old car parts. The best of both worlds.



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04 Sep 2014, 6:11 pm

Physical fitness! Regardless of age, gender and whether you're wheelchair-bound or not, you may be able to top your category in a form of athletics or weightlifting, etc, if you ever find a form of exercise you enjoy and can stick to. It's easy to say this as a young man, but I can point to one of Britain's top endurance runners who was an obese smoker until his late 20s, growing niche sports like wheelchair rugby, and even elderly female bodybuilders...



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13 Sep 2014, 12:50 pm

Try learning Latin! When you're really bored just conjugate some verbs!
Why not learn everythinh about autism'?!



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13 Sep 2014, 6:20 pm

Learning everything about Autism? What does that mean?



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13 Sep 2014, 6:39 pm

Of those six interests you named which one appeals to you the most? Drop the other five and concentrate on that one interest until you become good at it. Forget that you struggle with something at first and lose interest in it. There is always a resistance barrier to learning anything for the first time. Once you overcome that barrier it become progressively more easy and more enjoyable. You just need to persist in something to reap the rewards.



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14 Sep 2014, 2:22 am

K_Kelly wrote:
Learning everything about Autism? What does that mean?

It will take some time but just read everything you find about autism and study this topic. You will need a lot of time to learn everything about this topic. I have AS and it is one of my interests in life. You will have to read a lot about philosophy, psychology, medicine to become the expert on autism. Please tell us when you know everything about autism.



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14 Sep 2014, 3:34 am

K_Kelly wrote:
What are skills or hobbies that I can get really good at by myself over the next 5 or 10 years:

-Graphic design Rejected my graphic design background and training and lost interest suddenly
-Electronics
-Programming But I am having trouble wrapping my head around all the beginner's instructions fully
-Music Playing the guitar

What are the good ideas?

this^^
+ Audio and video production.

Science and writing sound like a waste of time to me.



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14 Sep 2014, 3:33 pm

iamandrew wrote:
It will take some time but just read everything you find about autism and study this topic. You will need a lot of time to learn everything about this topic. I have AS and it is one of my interests in life. You will have to read a lot about philosophy, psychology, medicine to become the expert on autism. Please tell us when you know everything about autism.


Do you mean learning about it for the sake of learning or learning to overcome it's problems, I'm not sure what point your trying to make.



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15 Sep 2014, 10:50 am

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16 Sep 2014, 9:16 pm

progaspie wrote:
Of those six interests you named which one appeals to you the most? Drop the other five and concentrate on that one interest until you become good at it. Forget that you struggle with something at first and lose interest in it. There is always a resistance barrier to learning anything for the first time. Once you overcome that barrier it become progressively more easy and more enjoyable. You just need to persist in something to reap the rewards.


This is excellent advice. Decide what it is that you want to do, then focus and work hard on it and you won't dislike the sense of accomplishment you get from it.

It seems that many of your interests involve creativity: why not build your own guitar? Start out with a kit. They're not too expensive and you don't need whole lot of tools, and when you're done, you might feel more compelled to play it regularly.