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I've enjoyed mathematics and general number disciplines my whole youth, and results showed talent on my part.
But money issues did not let me get into higher education, and I have been straying farther and farther away from these fields.
It has been 3 years now, and I have started to notice a decrease in my abilities. Calculus that seemed so easy to solve, concepts that were clear as day, are starting to seem more abstract and esoteric by the day. I'm talking about the same theorems I was wiping the floor with some years ago, not higher levels.

I am not happy with this, and would like some recommendations on what to do in my spare time to keep from getting rusty.

Thanks in advance.

>> No.10254120
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10254120

>>10254115
corrrect, if you dont do this for a long enough time you will lose out and eventually become a retarded faggot just like me

>> No.10254123

Surely you've saved up some money now to go into post secondary.
Realistically that's the only way you'll ingrain and develop those skills

>> No.10254127
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10254127

Skill is a muscle. without work you can lose it, with hard work you can recover it with strenght, even overcome natural talent. Use internet, it sounds pretty obvious, but there is a lot of information, books, guides, and everything else to keep studying everything you want to.

>> No.10254133

>>10254115
>I stopped running in the mornings
>it's been 3 years
>now I'm struggling to maintain a light jog

Oh no, whatever shall I do?

>> No.10254324

>>10254115
>recommendations on what to do in my spare time to keep from getting rusty.
Exercises.

>> No.10254757

divide by zero

>> No.10254764

>>10254115
http://4chan-science.wikia.com/wiki/Mathematics#Problem_books

>> No.10254778

I'm Japanese and lived in Japan until age 8 before my parents moved to the US and they exclusively spoke English with me.

I now don't speak Japanese anymore. Your brain forgets stuff that is not actively worked on.

>> No.10254887

>>10254778
nah, some things are like riding a bike and will never be forgotten. the connections more than likely have just atrophied and need a warm up.

>> No.10254930

People who say that "brain is a muscle" need to be eradicated from genepool.

OP, just re-expose yourself to math and you will remember everything in no time.

>> No.10254935

>>10254930
brain is a muscle, dumbass.

>> No.10254955

>>10254935

I'll kill you first.