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>>> So don't expect to do a 2 hour class for 52 weeks and become like them!
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>> Well, sure. But you would expect that spending time on something would
>> result in *some* improvement...
>
> Interesting discussion. It parallels something a friend at work was
> saying to me the other day. He was talking about how its fascinating how
> the mind works when learning. When learning a new skill, initially you
> gain ability quickly, then suddenly just when you're thinking you're
> getting it, you actually decrease in ability. After a while when things
> become automatic and you're not consciously thinking about them, you'll
> then begin to get better at that skill again. I've experienced this many
> times. It's usually when I hit that valley that I feel like giving up
> (and often do give up) I think this applies mostly to motor skills,
> things like playing a sport, driving a car with a manual transmission,
> playing a musical instrument, drawing ... etc.
I don't recall any time when I got worse at dancing. Then again, I don't
have any objective way to measure it; it just enjoy doing it. Any
increase or decrease in skill is so gradual as to be completely dwarfed
by the day to day variations in performance.
Hmm, maybe that's why I suck at drawing. Because I don't like doing it.
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