Do you get angry/self-frustrated while cubing? why not?

[sneaklyfox]

Indeed. Do you ever do something like u when trying to do an R?

Maybe I have before, but more often I'm trying to do R and the D face moves...

I was just thinking how some cubers are happy with their times when they get better than their average. Or rather happy is what I mean. Others are always thinking that it wasn't that good. What would make one cuber say, "Yayyy!!!" would make another cuber say, "Well, ok..." I wonder if this has to do with optimism/pessimism. I'm rather pessimistic so I'm more of the second type. The only time I cheer is when I beat my PB. I don't even cheer when it's close.

And I guess another thing related to what 5BLD was saying about knowing that one will do badly and that prediction fulfilling itself is the Murphy's Law mentality. I also wonder if a pessimist will have more drive to do better. An optimist can already be happy with their times but a pessimist is always thinking it's too slow.

 

[WBCube]

The cubing community is getting so fast. It's far easier to get angry and discouraged about your times when you check your subscriptions box and it's all "sub-10 average of 12" or "New 3x3 single 5.66s" or whatever.

 

[Cube-Fu]

Interesting thread; firstly, don't sweat the small stuff, secondly, everything is small stuff. The human body works best when it's relaxed, tension only makes it worse. In the martial arts, you are learning how to use your body and mind in one of the most stressful circumstances possible, you must learn to trust in your training, and you must govern your fears, so you may clearly see what is happening; too much movement is just as bad as not enough. Then there is improvising, learning to understand the way the body and mind works when under duress, using it as you wish, when you wish. The only way to be able to successfully finish your tasks under such circumstances, is to accept all your emotions and 'mind chatter' trust that you have a place and destiny in this world, and no matter how hard you try, understand you might fail. With this in mind, you should be able to proceed no matter what you're feeling, and eventually, cubing (or martial arts) becomes second nature, each cube (or battle) becomes an interesting play, you get to watch from a detached point of view, and be entirely immersed in at the same time. In other words continue to meditate, learn to find peace in all things, and eventually, if you're allowed, you will be able to break whatever record you wish. Good luck with that.

 

[5BLD]

The cubing community is getting so fast. It's far easier to get angry and discouraged about your times when you check your subscriptions box and it's all "sub-10 average of 12" or "New 3x3 single 5.66s" or whatever.

Oh I don't get discouraged by other people, only myself. In fact wait, I don't think I ever get discouraged; I never feel "oh I'll never be faster", i get annoyed when I just feel that I am falling short of what I think I am able to achieve at this moment in time.

 

[WBCube]

i get annoyed when I just feel that I am falling short of what I think I am able to achieve at this moment in time.

There will always be the occasional "bad days", though. It's just an unfortunate trait of the hobby

 

[cubacca1972]

I never get that frustrated with cubing. On the other hand, my times have never approached anything resembling competitive. I can't even hang with the OH times using both hands. Recreational/Casual cuber is probably the most accurate description I would give myself.

I do spend a lot of time playing the ukulele. Self taught, primitive grasp of music theory, just combing the internet for resources, trying stuff out. I get frustrated at times when I try to work on some song, and my hands fail to do what they are supposed to do. I try to alleviate this by doing one or more of the following:

Do something else. If I am not enjoying what I am doing, I try not to force it.

Try a different song/style/exercise- kinda doing something else, but still related to the initial goal.

Do the same thing, but slow down. So I play the song much slower, so I can concentrate on all the technical stuff until my hands do what they are supposed to do, then gradually speed up. I find this way more productive than immediately trying to replay the piece at full tempo with a building sense of anger/tension. Nothing sounds worse than hearing a randomly syncopated song, played vivace con brio.

I suspect that angrily trying to push your average down is not productive.