The Mental Benefits of Being Terrible at Something

Post by elzbardico » Thu, May 20, 2021, 2:16 PM UTC

laurieg wrote: post #27

metters wrote: post #8

I suck at karaoke, but it is so much fun. Even more because I am so bad at singing. My friends usually cannot stop laughing when my voice starts to break. It would be enjoyable too with a good voice I guess, but I do not wanna miss the times we had fun singing with my poor voice

There's nothing more awkward than 1 good singer surrounded by bad singers at a karaoke box. It's amazing how they can completely nail a song and put everyone off singing.

Yeah! it completely takes the fun out of it. Usually it is a group of good singers that monopolize the stage or look down bored at the normal people who is there just to have fun. I've been at places even when I distinctly feel a hint of physical aggression from one of those pros taking the microphone from me after my song. really bad vibe.

Post by browningstreet » Thu, May 20, 2021, 2:56 PM UTC

silvestrov wrote: post #22

jfoutz wrote: post #12

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Try cooking. The skill cap is high, it doesn't take much to make things OK, and you gotta eat. it has helped me a lot. Plenty of times I don't want to do it, but it's hard to put off for long. You can screw up a lot, and the results are still edible. Every damn meal I make has problems. Usually it's pretty good, but there are things I can do better with the output and the process. No matter the outcome, I feel better…

Cooking is one thing I'm terrible at: there is no feedback loop at all. No matter how much time I spend on 'experimenting', I don't get any better. Many people simple cannot fathom this. They deny the existing of any such possibility.

Try a food box delivery service. We’ve been going through a few and having all the ingredients and instructions literally brought to your door will give you cooking reps without having to research and make choices. I’m more of a food “assembler”, and people like my food, but I have no skills or knowledge beyond what I’ve developed as a relatively clean eating strength athlete.

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