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RE: I used to be really good at math but then
Well, even if you are completely convinced that math itself does not help you in life, it teaches you perseverance. Hours of working on a proof is nothing, some Theorems take years to develop! I was stuck last year with a proof for 6 months, even though all my simulations indicated that the conditions that I expected to solve the puzzle were correct :-)
hey it was hours of hours over about a week or two, then I said 'eff this, I'm going to play everquest.'
Did you end up solving the proof?? I kind of regret giving up so early on that proof, looking back at how long I've spent on many other things, the time on that albeit it seeming a lot to me at that point was nothing compared to what i could've done but yeah, that perserverance lesson I could've used back then :). My life has been quite a hop and skip adventure since =).
Well, it's never too late! In the end I wrote a proof under somewhat stricter conditions which was a straightforward approach to get the work in an acceptable shape. It's still on my todo list to revise it, though I know how to do it now. It's just that the math can sometimes turn into quite a beast, and you need the correct mindset to do it :)