u/Outside_Young8660

just asking for fun :) for me, it was getting into mycology and birding. every time i see a little birb or mushroom on the side of the street or on a hike, it gives me another reason to be excited and learn about it.

what do you do to maximise whimsy?

you know when you first start something, you suck, then there’s this brief period where you exponentially get better because of all the beginner things you learn and implement at once, then the rate of improvement slows down as you refine your processes, make your movements more precise, and things like that.

how long did it take you to actually get to a point where you think, “wow, i might actually be good at this”?

did it take weeks, months, years or even longer?

just as the question says :)

i typically set aside 1-3 hours per session for each hobby, but how many sessions i have weekly differs massively. sometimes i get in multiple sessions a week for a bunch of my hobbies, sometimes just one, for only one hobby.

what’s your average hobby time allocation like, or are you more of an impromptu, as-and-when kind of person?

basically as the title says, would appreciate any tips, advice or personal life experiences you’d be willing to share :)

i’ve been thinking about how i have no problem reading books as big as 700 pages but when it comes to online articles, i either skim through them or i don’t read it at all, and they just end up rotting in my inbox.

if you do read them, how do you go about it? what genres of articles are you reading?

have you, as a man, ever been afraid of another man? why?

edit: “scared” here can mean anything from nervousness, premonition of something bad potentially happening, and legitimate fear for your life.

i was m*lested as a kid and had the right people not intervened at the right time, it would have escalated to be so much worse.

the perpetrator was actually a nice guy as i remember. he always smiled at me and was kind and soft spoken. i used to hate him for what he did but as an adult, i look back on it with a more compassionate(?) lens.

i now wonder if he was all bad, and if it was his fault? like, normal people just naturally feel attraction to people their own age or age bracket. he doesn’t feel that natural inclination i guess.

am i coping? am i processing my trauma in the wrong way? what is this i’m going through, sympathising with someone who has irreparably traumatised me when i was only a young child?

i have been wondering this for a while, but in your experience, do face masks actually work? and in what way? and how visible were the results?

i have worn face masks but not a reliable frequency, so maybe that’s why i haven’t seen any difference in my skin, but i wonder for frequent mask users, do you experience a change in your skin texture or tone, for example?