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Wellness Wednesday for September 7, 2022

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

  • Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.

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I went to choir for the first time last night. Seriously one of the most elevating experiences I've had in the past ten years.

It compares favorably to psychedelics: same category of experience, but lower commitment and more materially meaningful.

I feel the same way - there is a truly amazing experience that happens when you're in the middle of all those voices and getting in harmony with them. One thing that turns me off about choirs, though, is that often the directors like to do "difficult" music. I just want to sing, not struggle with my sight-reading skills.

An issue to be sure, especially if you're in a choir of middling talent.

Singing a difficult piece is one thing, struggling with it for weeks/months and never really perform it well... Just kill me.

And unfortunately, I am usually the middling talent :D

Haha :)

That is great man! There is so much amazing music to discover that is even better sung than just listened to.

What kind of choir did you go to?

Secular choir but mostly Christian songs, including one eastern orthodox (because Ukraine).