Re:Home Studio Setup Costs Compared – 1980s And Now
by renewiltord on Friday September 11, 2020 @12:11PM
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Honestly, there are lots of things this is untrue for. I went bouldering (indoors) with my friends and it was fun but okay with rental shows. Then I went and bought myself some climbing shoes and it was amazing. I went way more often, found it way more fun, and progressed faster.
Same with cycling. Getting a $1k bike makes it so much more enjoyable than a $300 bike.
Don't make things harder for yourself than they need to be. Yes, the people who most desire doing a thing will do it with barely anything. But if you know you're not that person, you know more pleasant tooling will bring the threshold of the activity down, and you have the money for it, absolutely do it.
Better tools lower activation energy significantly. You want activation energy to be low for things you want to do but can't summon the motivation for.
Sure, in the end if you find you don't really want to do it, don't. Now you have to sell these ski boots for way cheap. But so what. That's just money. Life is short. Don't make things harder for yourself.
And creative arts are no different. Sure I could paint with paints. Etc. But having a Wacom makes it way more likely I will.
But sure, as an autodidactic technique, starting from a restricted environment and progressing to complexity is superior to starting with complexity.
Same with cycling. Getting a $1k bike makes it so much more enjoyable than a $300 bike.
Don't make things harder for yourself than they need to be. Yes, the people who most desire doing a thing will do it with barely anything. But if you know you're not that person, you know more pleasant tooling will bring the threshold of the activity down, and you have the money for it, absolutely do it.
Better tools lower activation energy significantly. You want activation energy to be low for things you want to do but can't summon the motivation for.
Sure, in the end if you find you don't really want to do it, don't. Now you have to sell these ski boots for way cheap. But so what. That's just money. Life is short. Don't make things harder for yourself.
And creative arts are no different. Sure I could paint with paints. Etc. But having a Wacom makes it way more likely I will.
But sure, as an autodidactic technique, starting from a restricted environment and progressing to complexity is superior to starting with complexity.