I tried out knitting as a new hobby for the first time. My partner picked it up a while ago and I decided to have her teach me so I could get a taste of what to expect.
I realized how slow and concentrated of a process it is, which is also the newbie talking in me. Watching her do it is like watching a professional chef cook, and I hope I reach to that point with practice. Regardless, as a newbie, I wanted to quantify the difficulty I feel personally (this is obviously different for everyone, and it is only my first day).
Things Easier than Knitting
- Assembly Programming (biased because I just wrote a thesis)
- Salvaging a burnt pizza in a manner that does not set off the fire alarm
- Parallel Parking a F-150
- Trying to understand Knot Theory
- Giving a closed book exam
- CompSci 220 and 311 at UMass Amherst
- Learning Digital Art and Photography
- Limine Bare Bones Tutorial
- Public Speaking and Stage Performances
- Engaging in debates about world politics
- Daily driving Vim (in fact that's what I wrote this on)
Things Harder than Knitting
Not impossible, just more difficult.
- Making sure my taxes and all legal stuff are in order.
- CompSci 490Q (Quantum) and reverse engineering MIT PDOS xv7 at UMass Amherst***
- Understanding obsfucated Php 5.0 Code
- Coding on the Brainfuck language
- Trying to decide the spice levels for Indian Cooking when made for non-Indian people
- Waking up before 9AM
- Calling my parents who live in 2 different countries as of now
- Budgeting and making sure that income to spending ratio is on track
- Choosing what music to play on a road trip
- Gathering my thoughts
- Daily Driving EMacs
*** xv7 just does not run well on a Mac, so it wasn't as much as that OS as much as it was macOS.
I do hope that I get better at Knitting soon. Until then, this is where I stand :')