(August 15, 2016 at 8:27 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(August 15, 2016 at 8:24 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: Same thing for me benny, only it lasted between the time I was thirteen and fifteen, or something like that, and it was mostly about philosophy instead of, in your case, the piano and chess.
I will never ever be able to describe how fucking smart I used to be. It was beyond insane.
Yes, to be honest, I think I hit the "zone" less often than I did around that age. But that's part of my point. I think at that age you don't have evidence about your abilities-- so you choose to believe in yourself, and your brain falls in place. Once you've gotten older, you've made mistakes, had failings, and in general have more "realistic" views about your capabilities.
But I believe even an old guy like me can learn to drop those "realistic" views and get in touch with my real potential, whatever that is (or isn't!).
That's the thing, though, I'm younger than you(I suppose) and yet I reason similarly. I'm going to get it again... It's going to be soon now. Come on, this is just a stretch of bad luck or something. Even as I'm typing this, I'm realizing these might just be excuses.
I think it takes guts to get back to that zone forcefully. I think you have to do something extreme in order for your mind to wake up like that again. Just a thought...
