What is something like a hobby or skill that you belive almost anybody should give a try, and what makes your suggestion so good compared to other things?

i feel like this is a descent question i guess.

  • solstice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Two things: chess and piano. I downloaded the chess.com app and play whenever I’m idling for more than a few minutes. Got to a very proficient respectable level in a few months, and it’s a ton of fun, endless combinations, no upper limit to how good you can get.

    I also bought a cheap keyboard for under $300 and got proficient at it within a few months. Half hour here, twenty minutes there, an hour there. I’m not Chopin or anything and I can barely even play him but again, respectable.

    So now if you ever go somewhere and see a chess set or a piano you can be like hey I know what to do with that!

    • CifrareVerba@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Chess is such a great game that really makes you think critically about your thinking, I enjoy playing it anytime I am feeling brain fog from antidepressants as it keeps me in the real world.