>>12151838as you get older, i'm starting to experience this now, but there definitely is a level of intelligence crystallization that happens. a level of solidification in the brain. i don't care what anybody else says about how "it's never too late to learn a skill" or "you can go back to college at age 40 and totally change your life and pick something up and make a new life for yourself". that's complete fucking bullshit. by the time you hit your late 20s. by the time you're in your 30s. and definitely in your mid-30s. who you are as a person, usually your opinions, definitely your skill set, these things are all solidified. that's done. by the time you're 29... 28. forget about learning a new skill. that's not gonna happen. alright? i'm sorry to tell you this. but maybe you know you could get a hobby level. maybe you learn how to press flowers. but your ability to learn something at a level where it's professional, semi-professional, worth money to somebody else, able to use it to do something significant, not gonna happen. you're done.
