What's starting to annoy me a bit is my own mediocrity in things.  Whether it's golf, or learning to play the piano, or chess, I am so average it's kind of deflating.  

The one that really bugs me is chess, because I consider myself a smart person and chess should be right up my alley.  But after playing 2,335 games in the last 12 months on chess.com, I am stuck right where I was 6 months ago.  My rating is still in the 1200-1300 range, which chess.com says is in the 75th percentile.  That sounds okay, until you consider that players at the 50th percentile and below are probably people who played a few times and quit.   

If I had started chess, and piano, and golf, when I was a small child, I suppose I would be a lot better.   Maybe I'm just too old to get better at things.

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