I think trying to depict someone as having a single ultimate hobby is unnecessarily reductive; people are complex and will do many things, some of which they are doing because their heart is asking it of them, and some of which they're doing for messy practical reasons, and probably there are other reasons for doing things that doesn't fit into that dichotomy.
As far as advice-i'd-like-to-see. Hmm. I'm obviously not the person who this advice is aimed at since I will for self-described reasons, probably never act on it. Probably I'd like to see more people provide practical advice or sources for practical advice with their moralizing about hard work and practice are all you need; you can also save a lot of time if you use X program and follow these tutorials, etc. Esp focusing on stuff that lowers the barrier to entry in a practical way, rather than a social way.
(The last one of those three sounds like the piece of advice I'd like most to hear about a new hobby from my future self, but I maybe wouldn't trust anyone else to give it? The first one is, according to my model of talent meaningless; talent is the thing that makes keeping doing it happen even though the world is turned against you. The second one depends on your internal state more than I know to answer.)
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Date: 2019-12-26 01:51 am (UTC)As far as advice-i'd-like-to-see. Hmm. I'm obviously not the person who this advice is aimed at since I will for self-described reasons, probably never act on it. Probably I'd like to see more people provide practical advice or sources for practical advice with their moralizing about hard work and practice are all you need; you can also save a lot of time if you use X program and follow these tutorials, etc. Esp focusing on stuff that lowers the barrier to entry in a practical way, rather than a social way.
(The last one of those three sounds like the piece of advice I'd like most to hear about a new hobby from my future self, but I maybe wouldn't trust anyone else to give it? The first one is, according to my model of talent meaningless; talent is the thing that makes keeping doing it happen even though the world is turned against you. The second one depends on your internal state more than I know to answer.)