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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by magicalhippo on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:24AM (#25110133)
When I studied I worked at a grocery store part time, and found it a very good fit as it was mostly mechanical work requiring very little mental capacity.

After I graduated and got a programming job, I found that my hobbies took a big hit, as they all mostly required similar mental focus as work. So these days I generally do a lot less mentally taxing things. Sure I'll have bursts of creativity, but most days my brain is spent when I'm done at work and I'll go for a bike ride or watch a movie.

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Re:On Learning Chess as an Adult – From 650 to 1750 in Two Y... by ritchiea on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:34AM (#25110184)
Yea I don't think the response above you actually understood my comment. I do play chess somewhat seriously and it's similar mental labor as programming. And I can only do so much more serious mental work after a day at work coding. And I definitely could not commit to two hours of serious chess study every day. Maybe 30-60 minutes of games & puzzles.

Playing a sport is completely different from playing chess, the physicality of a sport is at least different type of challenge.

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