Excellent post and glad the time away has helped in some positive changes in your plans. It all makes sense and some takeaways that I could find to be helpful. Being fun and enjoyable for me has to be a priority. Best of luck to you on the next steps.
Amazing
As someone about your age and also a relative newcomer to chess, in my heart I was hoping you would succeed in proving the conventional wisdom wrong about adult improvers. But in my head I know we are just too old to learn like the kids do.
Congrats on reorienting your life relatively quickly and reaching a more healthy relationship with chess. I think others would be happier if they had your maturity, instead of clinging on to unrealistic goals for longer.
Congrats on reorienting your life relatively quickly and reaching a more healthy relationship with chess. I think others would be happier if they had your maturity, instead of clinging on to unrealistic goals for longer.