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The Death of Hobbies - by Sherry Ning - Pluripotent

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Artisans do not have short attention spans

I enjoy completing 1000-piece puzzles, even though there are times when I get frustrated. Whenever I’m stuck in one of these moments, I would wish that the pieces could just figure themselves out. But then I’d think to myself, “if these pieces magically fell into place, the puzzle won’t be fun anymore.” Fun = right amount of skill + right amount of frustration Skiing, chess, playing the piano, and solving math problems are no different: We can enjoy these activities only when our competency matches the challenge. There’s a significant difference between pleasure and enjoyment. Pleasure…

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