As a hyper self-critical child, I fretted over my perceived weaknesses and aberrations from what was considered normal. We were a very musical family and all of us played musical instruments which was most unusual for a blue-collar family who must have been considered a little eccentric. Sometimes we played board games, but my mother disapproved as she said our games interfered with our studies and musical practice. I learned that not everybody was overwhelmed by games, even if they stimulated you mentally and improved aspects of your IQ, EQ and SQ, just like learning any new skill does.
Not that I knew that of course. When you are young you learn new skills faster, like learning a new language, but as we age these skills takes longer to acquire and most people will gradually over time spend less time learning new skills.
Our ability to develop massive intellectual potential when we are young is impressive, but
