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The local neuroscientist notes that yes, it's a good idea to continue trying to learn how to do new things, especially if they are on the more difficult end of the spectrum.
Maybe wooden boat-building can count for the moment, but then later on, I probably should go and learn how to play a different musical instrument, too, not just for the cognitive benefits but for the enjoyment of music.
It's easy to entertain this ambition right now, since it's one I don't plan to act on soon.
Yesterday we also had some really interesting conversation about differences/variation in personal project management styles; out of four people at dinner, two of us (me being one) tend to have about 80-bajillion different projects in various stages of progress at any particular point in time, while the other two are serial project completionists (one project at a time, finish that one before moving on to the next).
I feel like intellectually, I can understand and appreciate the serial project completionist approach. But in practice, that's just not who I am, for a host of reasons. For me most of this falls in the realm of, "People are funny," but it does make me wonder about the distribution of project styles across people in general.
And so the year of attempting to finish lingering projects shall continue.
Maybe wooden boat-building can count for the moment, but then later on, I probably should go and learn how to play a different musical instrument, too, not just for the cognitive benefits but for the enjoyment of music.
It's easy to entertain this ambition right now, since it's one I don't plan to act on soon.
Yesterday we also had some really interesting conversation about differences/variation in personal project management styles; out of four people at dinner, two of us (me being one) tend to have about 80-bajillion different projects in various stages of progress at any particular point in time, while the other two are serial project completionists (one project at a time, finish that one before moving on to the next).
I feel like intellectually, I can understand and appreciate the serial project completionist approach. But in practice, that's just not who I am, for a host of reasons. For me most of this falls in the realm of, "People are funny," but it does make me wonder about the distribution of project styles across people in general.
And so the year of attempting to finish lingering projects shall continue.
