What other aspects of life has cubing helped you in...?

[cmhardw]

Ways in which cubing has helped me in my regular life:

1) Given me more confidence for what I am capable of if I put my mind to it
2) Introduced me to many people that I now consider good friends
3) Taken me to Europe twice, Canada once, and all over the US
4) I now know better how to improve at something. I know how to set realistic goals that are attainable, but that still push me to work hard to improve. I know how to practice something efficiently, yet still have fun with it.
5) BLD practice has taught me the surprising capacity my memory can have with training. It has also taught me how surprisingly fallible my memory can be at times (I'm 100% certain I remembered that correctly, but the DNF cube staring me in the face would tend to disagree with me on that point).
6) I have so much more patience for working through tasks that require a lot of time, or many steps to complete. Having done 7x7x7BLD, the thought of something like doing my own taxes is not very daunting.
7) It gives me something fun to do when I'm bored!

 

[PCwizCube]

Cubing is the best ice breaker. Before cubing, I was very introverted. But now, I am the " popular" one. Cubing has helped me grow into a social, friendly, and jovial human being.

Heh, that's funny. It may have had the opposite effect on me, because basically I got so obsessed with the cube I would be doing it almost all day during school (sometimes even during class) so it kind of ostracized myself from others. But thankfully that doesn't happen anymore.

Cubing hasn't had any specific benefits for me except a lot of people saying I'm so cool or awesome or something like that (which I'm not). I think, though, that going on these forums has helped me a lot. Speedsolving forums is my first forum and I learned some "life skills" if you will, like learning how to shut up and not post like 15 times a day when people yell at you and learn to keep things to yourselves and stuff like that (anyone remember that two years ago? )

Oh actually by just reading other people's posts, I love going to competitions and meeting new people. That is definitely a really nice thing that has come from cubing

 

[Cool Frog]

Fixed that for you

You are awesome.

Erm, Cubing has helped me do stuff and things.

 

[Kian]

Picking up women.

 

[MrIndianTeen]

Helped my cup stacking in school

 

[freshcuber]

Oh and also staying calm. There were so many times I failed rolling for a PB or had a really bad day, or week, and I was so done with it I'm amazed I didn't smash my cube. Learning to keep a cool head helps to deal with tedious home/classwork, annoying people, and all those other times in life you feel like flipping out.

I also learned when to stfu and walk away from a losing battle.

 

[~Phoenix Death~]

1)Lead me to this forum, which help me be a little more...alive?
2)Better use of fingers than Black Ops
3)Thinking ahead (F2L, anyone?)
4)Take value of money and not buy every cube I can get. No offense to anybody that does though!
5)Making reviews.
6)Reviews led me to more video making, going HD, etc.
7)Finding Speedcubshop where I made a friend.
8)Making a lot of friends in competitions.
9)Going to competitions and having fun, not determining to be 1337.
10) Competitions gave me an excuse to not mope around.
11)Cubing made me learn to put it not first in the order of responsibilities.
12)Get into Cup Stacking somehow. (I love you, my fingers.)
13)Patience.
13)Something i can alwasy improve on.
Yeah, I love cubing.

 

[Dene]

oya posts in here reminded me of another benefit: meeting hot azns

 

[theace]

Forearmz!

On a serious note, It's helped me think analytically. I didn't have any issues while working with 3dmax during our animation crash course. It's much easier to perceive things in 3D when you deal with things like the Square 1 and stuff. Other than that, new friends, great experiences and looks from NCs who think I'm great haha!

Also, I got into speed stacking. got a girlfriend, a great pass time, and many many more things...

 

[tim]

Cubing helped me to:
1.) Improve my English by quite a bit (it's still pretty bad, though)
2.) Get interested in memory techniques
3.) Meet and become friends with many awesome people I would have never met without cubing
4.) Be more confident when meeting new people
5.) Get a world record i can show off with. MUHAHAHAHA!

 

[LarsN]

Mostly it got me something to do and never be bored (except when you are some place where it would be rude to cube).

I met a lot of people I wouldn't have met otherwise. Cubers and some tv personalities. Got my 15 minutes of fame, being recognized on the street and stuff.

For me it's just a really nice hobby that suits me perfectly.

 

[Owen]

I'm good at geometry now. That's about it.

 

[bluecloe45]

Minecraft and meeting lolben who has become a friend.

 

[That70sShowDude]

Better driving skills.

 

[Shack]

mostly better english and better geometry

 

[calekewbs]

Definately improved my memory. lol Just for fun, I memorized my 11 digit order number from priceline a week ago and it only took me like 10 seconds at the most. And I too was very introverted before cubing, and I too got worse before I got better. I think once you can get past the addiction phase of the cube, where all you do is cube, you can get to the point where it's just a hobby and use it as an icebreaker. That's how it was with me at least. lol

 

[Feryll]

Gave me mutant powers.

It also escalated my ego to levels that I wish it hadn't.

 

[BrainOfSweden]

Realized yesterday that it helped me getting better at playing piano. My girlfriend is very musical, and she want's me to play piano with her, but all I can do is like threenote songs for children However, yesterday it was all going so much better, and my playing was just working, even with som "advanced" stuff. I guess it is because of my improved eye-hand coordination, muscle memory (if I play a song many times), and the way I can see patterns and understand what to do with them.

 

[Hershey]

2)Better use of fingers than Black Ops

What is that better use of fingers? Hahaha....

Picking up women.

What is this...

 

[Edward]

Cubing helped me realize that nothing is impossible. Even I can learn that amazing skill I saw the guy on Guinness do. It just takes practice and hard work, and if I want it I can get it.