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taki-sensei:
20 year old beginner: one year of learning flute and butterfly knife skillz :)
Fun fact: Adults actually learn those “You need to practice!” skills better than children do.
Kids tend to want to do literally anything aside from learning this skill my parent is forcing me to learn.
Adults actually can sit down and practice things for hours on end. Adults WANT to practice to get their skills better. Adults deliberately set aside time every day to practice. Even if it’s just 20 minutes, it’s productive growth and not wiggling in your chair mournfully watching birds out the window.
Anything from Drawing to Weaving to Violin to fuckin flipping bufferfly knives like a pro - choose a skill and LEARN, dammit! None of that ‘Children’s brains are more malleable’ bullshit. Brain squish is not the end-all of learning!
Watching adult learners pick up a new skill is one of the most inspiring things I’ve seen online. There’s a narrative that if you don’t pick something up as a kid, you can’t get really good at it because you’re already behind, and your adult brain somehow can’t compete.

But though you might achieve things later, it’s not to say that you can’t achieve great things in your chosen pursuit, at any age. You’re not competing with others; you’re just trying to be the best person that you can be.

And that has no deadline, and no sell-by date. You’re never too old to try something new or to do better. :)